Record Number: 16863

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, March 1842: 'I have only read the first volume of Madame D'Arblay's "Diary." Dr Johnson appears to the greatest possible advantage [...] and Mrs Thrale -- oh that warm heart! that lively sweetness! My old governess knew her as Mrs Piozzi, in Wales [...] As to the little Burney, I don't like her at all [...] A girl of the world -- a woman of the world [...] thought clearly and evidently of nothing on this earth but herself and "Evelina."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1842 and 31 Mar 1842

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Mary Russell Mitford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1787

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frances Burney

Title:

Diary and Letters (Volume 1)

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1842

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16863

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

5

Page:

247

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 247, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16863, accessed: 26 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None