Record Number: 7370
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?We even formed a magazine club ? purchasing periodicals, reading them in turn, and then distributing them among the members. Thackeray?s "Virginians" and Dickens?s "Little Dorrit" were, I recollect, among the serials for which we subscribed.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1859
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
other location: office in Fleet Street
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:William Adams and colleagues at the office of the 'Illustrated Times'
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:apprentices, printers, compositors at work on this newspaper
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
The serials may have been read at work to members of the subscription group as well as/ instead of being taken away from the office.
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Virginians
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:7370
Source:William Edwin Adams
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoirs of a Social Atom
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1903
Vol:2
Page:334
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Edwin Adams, Memoirs of a Social Atom, (London, 1903), 2, p. 334, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7370, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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