Record Number: 15240

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Accounts of prisoners: H.W., 26, Reg. no. 530. - Committed six months since for obtaining money under false pretences, having been three times previously in gaol, and of a character so base as to have been discharged by his own relations. During the last three months he has been the subject of intense sorrow, and I discover many pleasing signs of reptenance.' Examination provided as proof of his intensive reading of the Bible.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 31 Dec 1848

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Reading Gaol
other location: in his cell

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:

Reader:

H.W.

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

prisoner

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:

[n/a]

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)
prison issue

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15240

Source:

Print

Author:

John Field

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Prison discipline and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1848, 2nd edn

Vol:

2

Page:

125-126

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Field, Prison discipline and the advantages of the separate system of imprisonment, (London, 1848, 2nd edn), 2, p. 125-126, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15240, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None