Record Number: 28027

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Colley Cibber to Samuel Richardson, 27 May 1750: 'I have just finished the sheets [of Clarissa] you favoured me with [...] I have not patience, till I know what's become of her [...] What piteous, d----d, disgraceful, pickle have you plunged her in? For God's sake send me the sequel [...] My girls are all on fire and fright to know what can possibly become of her.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 May 1750 and 27 May 1750

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Colley Cibber

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28027

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Title:

The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

2

Page:

172-173

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family, (London, 1804), 2, p. 172-173, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28027, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None