Record Number: 11162

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . Mrs Kynaston, good humouredly ,called out -"I'm sure, Ladies, I am very glad to see you so merry, - ah - one of you young ladies, - I don't say which, has given me a deal of entertainment! - I'm sure I could never leave off reading,- & when Miss Owen came into my Room, says I, don't speak a Word to me, for I'm so engaged! - Lord, I could not bear to be stopt!. . ."'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1778 and 30 Apr 1780

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: "my Room"

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Victoria Kynaston

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

daughter of Baronet, wife of MP

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

ed. note (p.85) daughter and heir of Sir Charles Lloyd, 3rd Bt of Garth, Montgomeryshire

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frances Burney

Title:

Evelina

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1778

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11162

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

98

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney, dated 30 April 1780, from Bath.

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, (London: Oxford University Press, 2003), IV, p. 98, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11162, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None