Record Number: 6603

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Then we met in-doors for supper, with the home-made loaf and the cambray cheese; and then came the old family Bible and the worn-out ... prayer-book, and the ... voice of my good old dad, as he read deliberately the psalms and the prayer as in the days when I lay in my mother's lap while she soothed little Ned to silence in her arms.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

evening: supper time

Place:

city: Bristol

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Furniture-maker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Charles Manby Smith, Charles's mother and baby brother Ned.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6603

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Manby Smith

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The working man's way in the world.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1857

Vol:

n/a

Page:

323-4

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles Manby Smith, The working man's way in the world., (London, 1857), p. 323-4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6603, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None