Record Number: 5432
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"It was about this period that Mike, the dwarf waiter, fell ill. His mistress and others of her family being worn out by watching, the landlady appealed to me to take a turn. I at once consented, and the widow, much pleased, set about mixing me grog for the night. I asked to be allowed to glance over her library, and, from its contents, I selected "Young's Night Thoughts." This I managed to finish before morning, and never was book read to greater advantage. The moans, occasional ravings and wanderings of my poor little friend and former schoolfellow enabled me to realise beauties that I had failed to see in a previous perusal."
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/anight: through the night
Place:county: Middlesex
other location: a public house
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
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
Mike, a dwarf waiter
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Night Thoughts
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:5432
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:21
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Bedford Leno, The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno, (London, 1892), p. 21, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5432, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
This is clearly a re-reading of Young's Night Thoughts.
