Record Number: 589
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Upon on of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which display their leafy banners along the quays of the seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar for a Franc and a pocket dictionary for another. A fellow lodger lent me a Testament and a Telemaque, and to these materials I applied doggedly from six in the morningtill dinner time. I read the grammer through first, and then made an abridgement of it on a small pack of plain cards ...
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 May 1826 and 31 May 1826
Country:France
Timemorning: Between 6.00 am and 'dinner time'.
daytime: Between 6.00 am and 'dinner time'.
city: Paris
location in dwelling: lodging 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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1804
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Unemployed Printer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A French Grammar, Or plain Instructions for the Le
Genre:Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:589
Source:Charles Manby Smith
Editor:n/a
Title:The Working Man's Way in the World
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1853
Vol:n/a
Page:47
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Charles Manby Smith, The Working Man's Way in the World, (London, 1853), p. 47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=589, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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