Record Number: 5427

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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

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Middlesex
other location: his father's public house

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:

John Bedford Leno

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Johnson

Title:

Lives of the Poets

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5427

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

n/a

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: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None