Record Number: 8232
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Dundee Factory Boy claimed that while an apprentice shoemaker, he read, "books on nearly all the disputed questions in theology and metaphysics, books on history, belle lettres, and science. I even read the celebrated Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire three times from beginning to end".'
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Apprentice shoemaker
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:books on theology
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:8232
Source:David Vincent
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Title:Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1981
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Page:120
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Citation:
David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiography, (London, 1981), p. 120, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8232, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from 'Dundee Factory Boy', Chapters in the Life of a Dundee Factory Boy, ed. J. Myles (Dundee, 1850) p.64.