Evidence: | ?At length, "Robinson Crusoe" ? that ever-exciting day dream of boys ? fell in our way. I read it to him, as I had done the others, and for a long time both Sam?s ideas and mine were owned and fascinated by the descriptions of sea-dangers, shipwrecks, and lone islands with savages, and far-off countries teeming with riches and plenty.? |
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Middleton county: Lancashire |
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Reader: | Samuel Bamford |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 28 Feb 1788 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | son of muslin weaver and part-time teacher |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Friend named Sam |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Daniel Defoe |
Title: | Robinson Crusoe |
Genre: | Fiction, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 7314 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Bamford | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Early Days | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1849 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 94-5 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Bamford, Early Days (London, 1849), p. 94-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7314, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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