Record Number: 31362

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I tell you it [Robinson Crusoe] is a grand book . . . I am reading it a second time, and I think I like it better than I did at first. Every boy should get it. You know how it begins — that Robinson starts out by saying he was born in the city of York. Now, I would like to know whereabouts in the city of York Robinson was born? I live in York, but I've never seen Robinson's birthplace.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

From: 1881

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: York
county: Yorkshire

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:

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Daniel Defoe

Title:

Robinson Crusoe

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31362

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Leeds Mercury

Place of Publication:

Leeds

Date of Publication:

30 April 1881

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

This evidence is in the form of a letter from 'Thomas R., York', to the editor of 'The Children's Column', printed in The Leeds Mercury, 30 April 1881

Citation:

The Leeds Mercury, (Leeds, 30 April 1881), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31362, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None