Record Number: 12855
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I often privately took the Bible to bed with me, and in the long summer mornings read for hours together in bed'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1767 and 31 Dec 1768
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Taunton
county: Somerset
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:11 Sep 1746
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
apprentice
apprentice shoemaker
Religion:methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12855
Source:James Lackington
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life of James Lackington
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1794
Vol:n/a
Page:130
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life of James Lackington, (London, 1794), p. 130, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12855, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None