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Record 7391

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Among these books was a brief abstract of that amusing story "Robinson Crusoe", which I read with much eagerness and satisfaction. I only regretted its brevity, for I became so deeply interested in the fortunes of its hero and of his Man Friday, that I would fain have read a full account of their adventures.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1797 and 31 Dec 1798
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: other location: at school?
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Thomas Carter
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5 Jul 1792
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: Son of soldier
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: Robinson Crusoe
Genre: Fiction, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: abstract only
Provenance: borrowed (institution library)
school library?

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7391  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Carter
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Memoirs of a Working Man
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1845
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 40
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 40, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7391, accessed: 19 April 2024

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