Record Number: 8271
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
David Vincent notes the former agricultural labourer (and later trades union leader and M.P.) Joseph Arch's recollection in his memoir that, after work, '"I would stick like a limpet to my books of an evening"'.
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
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Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:Agricultural labourer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Form of Text:Print: Book
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Record ID:8271
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:182
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Citation:
David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography, (London, 1981), p. 182, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8271, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Joseph Arch, Joseph Arch, The Story of his Life. Told by Himself, ed. with preface by the Countess of Warwick (London, 1898) p.33.