Record Number: 6082
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
J. R. R. Adams quotes at length from William Carleton's account (in his autobiography) of first reading Amoranda, or the reformed coquette, when young, "'the first thing in the shape of a novel that ever came into my hands. It was published as a pamphlet, but how I came by it I don't recollect' [rest of account devoted to retelling plot of story] ... "Carleton actually shed tears when he had finished it, out of sheer disappointment that there was no more."
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Ireland
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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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Amoranda, or the reformed coquette
Genre:Fiction, Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Pamphlet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6082
Source:J. R. R. Adams
Editor:n/a
Title:The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900
Place of Publication:Belfast
Date of Publication:1987
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Page:67-68
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900, (Belfast, 1987), p. 67-68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6082, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from William Carleton, The Life of William Carleton (2 vols, London, 1896) 1:74-6.