Record Number: 25721
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her former governess, Selina Trimmer, 9 November 1803: 'I have at present a [italics]Johnson[end italics] mania upon me, which I hope you will allow is better than a [italics]novel[end italics] one. I have been [italics]re[end italics]-reading Mrs. Piozzi and Boswell. The latter I think very entertaining, and it is so long since I had read it that I had almost forgotten it. I have hardly patience with Boswell's conceit and pride and wish he would fancy himself a secondary personage [French], as he almost always prefers telling one what he thought and did, to Johnson, and he is too uninteresting to make it ever excusable.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1803 and 9 Nov 1803
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Devonshire House
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:Aug 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
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:Life of Samuel Johnson
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:25721
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Editor:Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer
Title:Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1940
Vol:n/a
Page:67
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 67, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25721, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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