Evidence: | 'I was fond of reading when at home, but we had not an abundance of books; so as soon as I settled at Notting Hill, I often in the evening made my way to Oxford and other streets where I could find open bookshops, and in the course of a couple of years I had purchased and read a fair selection of our standard authors, and, as I shall mention in future pages, I became fairly well acquainted with the drama and the players. I am afraid I was rather more fond of the drama and works of fiction than of books of more general interest.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1851 and 31 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London, Notting Hill location in dwelling: lodgings |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Tinsley |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 13 Jul 1831 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Apprentice printer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [various titles] |
Genre: | Fiction, Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 6608 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William Tinsley | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Random recollections of an old publisher | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1900 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 46-7 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William Tinsley, Random recollections of an old publisher (London, 1900), 1, p. 46-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6608, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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