Record Number: 7004
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?There were no free libraries, so the younger hands joined with me in starting a "Literary Fund" of our own, towards which each paid three-halfpence a week. The papers and books bought for general reading were afterwards divided. In our little club the "Cornhill Magazine", from its start under Thackeray?s editorship, was read and discussed; also Dickens?s successive productions. I call to mind many serious books, as well as "Cassell?s Magazine" and the "London Journal", in which appeared Miss Braddon?s great story of "Henry Dunbar", then entitled "The Outcasts".?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1859
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Printers and compositors at Thomas Catling's place of work, Edward Lloyd's publishing house
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:compositors and printers
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Reading aloud to each other may have taken place at work, there was certainly discussion of the texts.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:London Journal
Genre:Fiction, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:7004
Source:Thomas Catling
Editor:n/a
Title:My Life's Pilgrimage
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1911
Vol:n/a
Page:66-7
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Catling, My Life's Pilgrimage, (London, 1911), p. 66-7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7004, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
