Record Number: 8177
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The "Penny Magazine" was published - I borrowed the first volume, and determined to make an effort to possess myself with the second; accordingly, with January 1833, I determined to discontinue the use of sugar in my tea, hoping that my family would not then feel the sacrifice necessary to buy the book. Since that period, I have expended large sums in books, some of them very costly ones, but I never had one so truly valuable, as was the second volume of the "Penny Magazine"; and I look as anxiously for the issue of the monthly part, as I did for the means of getting a living. I continued to be a subscriber to this periodical up to the publication of the last number...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 31 Mar 1832 and 31 Oct 1845
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Edwinstowe
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Dec 1799
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Apprentice painter - artisan
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Penny Magazine
Genre:History, Education, Textbook / self-education, Science
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsThomson seemed to sometimes get hold of volumes and sometimes the weekly numbers
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:8177
Source:Christopher Thomson
Editor:n/a
Title:Autobiography of an artisan
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1847
Vol:n/a
Page:319
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Christopher Thomson, Autobiography of an artisan, (London, 1847), p. 319, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8177, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None
