Record Number: 12413

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Inspection of the cells of the women in separate confinement: 'we found some working, and others reading, but none, strange to say, idling'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862

Country:

England

Time

evening: between 7pm and 8pm

Place:

city: London
specific address: Brixton Prison
other location: in their cells

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

prisoners in separate confinement at Brixton Prison

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

prisoners

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)
prison library

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12413

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry Mayhew

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Criminal Prisons of London

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1862

Vol:

n/a

Page:

195

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London, (London, 1862), p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12413, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None