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The
Stranger in Reading
John Man
The Stranger is a lively, witty eye-witness account of Georgian
Reading. The author had strong views on everything from politics,
religion and the theatre to umbrellas, beer and beggars, and when
the book first appeared (anonymously) in 1810 it ruffled not a few
local feathers.
Adam Sowan’s new annotated edition of this long-neglected text
includes an introduction outlining the life of John Man, schoolteacher,
bargemaster, bibliophile and historian.
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Stranger in Reading
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