Record Number: 8204
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Stephen Duck's habits in reading whilst working, as recorded by Joseph Spence in 'A Full and Authentick Account of Stephen Duck' (1731): '"his method was to labour harder than any Body else, that he might get Half an Hour to read a Spectator without Injuring his Master. By this means he used to sit down all over Sweat and Heat, and has several times caught colds by it.'" (p.11).
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
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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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:n/a
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:The Spectator
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8204
Source:David Vincent
Editor:n/a
Title:Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1981
Vol:n/a
Page:30
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography, (London, 1981), p. 30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8204, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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