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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Statement of a juvenile offender: "I have been five times in prison. I have been as the Sanspareil and at all the theatres... I am sure had I never known the theatres ...T.A William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of a juvenile offender: "I came from Manchester to the races. I was taken into custody when I had only been in Liverpool two days. I was taken up for attempt...G.G. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of a juvenile offender: "I have been three times in prison and once discharged. I have been at the Sanspareil and Amphitheatre; I have also been at the penny...J.M. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of a juvenile offender: "I was never in prison before. I have been twice discharged, and am now waiting for trial... I have heard the 'Life of Jack Sheppard'...William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of a juvenile offender: "I have been nine times in prison and once discharged, and am now waiting trial... I never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed. I have read...T.E. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I have been six times in prison and four times discharged, and am now waiting trial... I have been to all the theatres... I never saw ...M.F. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I have been twice in prison and am now waiting trial... I have seen 'Jack Sheppard' performed; have read part of his life; I thought t...A.L. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I have been six times in prison, and four times discharged... Never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed; have read his life and often heard ...J.F. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I have been four times in prison and twice discharged... I never saw Jack Sheppard performed; I have heard boys talk of him, and have ...William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I never was in prison before. I have been at the Sanspareil, and at all the other theatres, except the Queen's. I never saw 'Jack Shep...E.B. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I never was in prison before. I was taken into custody for attempting to rob my master... I never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed; I hav...J.H. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "I thought this 'Jack Sheppard' was a clever fellow for making his escape and robbing his master. If I could get out of gaol I think I ...J.L. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Statement of juvenile offender: "When I left school I went to Mr Banks, bookseller, two years. I had good opportunities of reading then, voyages and such; read the Lif...J.H. William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1850-1899'A South Wales miner, raised in an orphanage, acknowledged that "Robin Hood was our patron saint, or ideal. We sincerely believed in robbing the rich to help the poor". (... anonJack SheppardPrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I pursued a similar plan with others of the magazines whenever I got a chance, especially "Bentley's Miscellany", which contained in my young days "Jack Sheppard".'James Glass Bertram William Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899.'.. poor old Jack Sheppard. I doubt not Ainsworth meant to be moral.'Robert Louis Stevenson Harrison AinsworthJack SheppardPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 30 January 1840: 'I have been reading "Jack Sheppard," and have been struck by the great danger, in these times, of represen...Mary Russell Mitford William Harrison AinsworthJack Sheppard: A RomancePrint: Book
1800-1849'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ...Hugh Miller Jack the Giant KillerPrint: Book
1700-1799'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated romance: woodcuts of Christian's fight with Apollyon ...Samuel Bamford Jack the Giant KillerPrint: Book
1800-1849'My present sojourn is the most distressing you can imagine: the weather is so bad that one cannot cross the threshold; there is not a book in the hou[se] besides "Rutled...Jane Baillie Welsh Unknown (trad)Jack The Giant KillerPrint: BookManuscript: Letter


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