Record Number: 6851
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It emptied my pocket, but I walked home, as I had walked to Newcastle (a distance some eighteen miles to and fro) with a light head, now and then reading as I fared along. Longfellow, Pope, Milton, Wordsworth and other poets were soon afterwards added to my little collection. I read them all. Many passages have clung to my memory, a life-long possession, giving, with their music, sometimes inspiration, sometimes solace in the conflicts and sorrows of life.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: between Newcastle and Choppington or Cramlington
county: Northumberland
other location: while walking home
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:12 Nov 1837
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Pitman, later MP
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailssecond hand copy
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6851
Source:Thomas Burt
Editor:n/a
Title:Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1924
Vol:n/a
Page:117
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography, (London, 1924), p. 117, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6851, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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