an obsolete job: the lector

The Lector: my ideal place in the industrial revolution.

I find it so touching that laborers spent their own money on mental engagement.

"Broadly speaking, a lector is simply someone who reads. However, they were often hired with money pooled from workers to read to large rooms full of manual laborers to keep them entertained. Some read left-leaning or union publications to the workers."

via {bored panda}