Record Number: 7000
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no such thing as a free library then, so enough money was scraped up for a subscription one, the first volume borrowed being Dickens?s newly published "Bleak House".?
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: at work
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:23 Sep 1838
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Apprentice compositor at newspaper (later journalist)
Religion:n/a
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:Bleak House
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceBorrowed (circulating library)
Source Information:
Record ID:7000
Source:Thomas Catling
Editor:n/a
Title:My Life's Pilgrimage
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1911
Vol:n/a
Page:26
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Catling, My Life's Pilgrimage, (London, 1911), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7000, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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