Record Number: 1787
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In [Ashington Mechanics' Institute] library [Chester Armstrong] discovered a "new world", a "larger environment" in Defoe, Marryat, Fenimore Cooper, Dickens and Jules Verne.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ashington
specific address: Mechanics' Institute Library
other location: Mechanics' Institute Library
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1868
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:miner
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
Ashington Mechanics' Institute Library
Source Information:
Record ID:1787
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:74
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1787, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See Chester Amrstrong, 'Pilgrimage from Nenthead'.