| Evidence: | '[Martin] suffered but little violent pain until the day he died. Up to that period he sought amusement in cheerful and entertaining books. A child of his landlady read to him as he lay upon a sofa, while he endeavoured to fancy himself, as he said, a gentleman of fashion paying the penalty of a debouch.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | location in dwelling: home | ||||||||||
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Martin, printer's apprentice, while ill. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Fiction, 'amusing books' |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6567 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Charles Manby Smith | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The working man's way in the world | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1857 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 12 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Charles Manby Smith, The working man's way in the world (London, 1857), p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6567, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| date of experience probably Circa 1822 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)