Evidence: | 'I have heard, too, that several workmen in shops adjacent to Sutherland's library arranged with him for a reading of "The Heart of Midlothian" and "Rob Roy", one of the men reading the book aloud to his comrades.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1837 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | workmen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | Workmen in shops |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Workmen from shops on Calton Street, Edinburgh |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | Heart of Midlothian |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) library |
Record ID: | 8250 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Glass Bertram | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Some memories of books, authors and events | |
Place of Publication: | Westminster | |
Date of Publication: | 1893 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 104 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events (Westminster, 1893), p. 104, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8250, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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