Record Number: 17965
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You want to know what I think of the "Diary". I wil tell you fairly & impartially. after wading with pain and sorrow through the tautology and vanity of the first volume, I began to be amused by the second, and every suceeding volume has, to my thinking, encreased in power to interest & entertain. That there is still considerable vanity I cannot deny. In her life, she bottled it all up, & looked and generally spoke with the most refined modesty, & seemed ready to drop if ever her works were alluded to. But what was kept back, and scarcely suspected in society, wanting a safety valve, found its way to her private journal. Thence, had Mrs Barrett been judicious, she would have trundled it out, by half quires, and even whole quires at a time'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 30 Jan 1842
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cheltenham
specific address: Belgrave House
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Aug 1772
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Diary and letters of Madame d'Arblay
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17965
Source:Sarah Harriet Burney
Editor:Lorna J. Clark
Title:Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The
Place of Publication:Athens GA / London
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:463
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The, (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 463, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17965, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Henry Crabb Robinson, 9th December 1842 but text first discussed in letter to Anna (Wilbraham) Grosvenor on 30th January-6th February 1842. Book was edited by Madame d'Arblay's niece (and SHB's favourite correspondent), Charlotte Barrett.
