Record Number: 3133

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"The son of a shipwright, [Hall] Caine had been largely dependent upon public sources [in particuarly the Free Library, Liverpool] to satisfy his appetite for knowledge ... in this way he encountered Coleridge, a formative influence."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Liverpool

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:

Hall Caine

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

14 May 1853

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Novelist and playwright

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3133

Source:

Print

Author:

Philp Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

54

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philp Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3133, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None