Record Number: 5427
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"After waiting a considerable period for the remittance, the box was forced, and found to contain a vast quantity of brickbats and an odd volume of Johnson's 'Lives of the Poets'. The poring over of that volume possibly helped to decide that I should turn versifier."
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Middlesex
other location: his father's public house
(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:apprentice journeyman [printer]; later Chartist poet, painter and printer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lives of the Poets
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceFound
Source Information:
Record ID:5427
Source:John Bedford Leno
Editor:n/a
Title:The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1892
Vol:n/a
Page:18
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Bedford Leno, The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno, (London, 1892), p. 18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5427, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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