Record Number: 4584
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Since they filled those gaps [in historical and geographical knowledge], classic travel books could produce the same kind of epiphanies as other classic literature. Anson's A Voyage Round the World performed that magic for Alexander Somerville and for the Scottish turnip hoers he read it to'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:1811
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
turnip hoers
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Voyage Round the World
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4584
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:349
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 349, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4584, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
See Alexander Somerville, 'Autobiography' pp92-3. No further ref traceable in Rose notes