Record Number: 28238
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 14 May 1763:] 'Some of [Carlo Maggi's] prose is delightful. Pray do not read the death of Adam. It is extremely fine, but so painful, that at first it gives one's thoughts a wrong turn -- one cannot get it out of one's head; yet if one thinks it thoroughly over, one may get a great deal of good out of it. We shall have a very different one after supper, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Letters. They are very amusing for that half hour, and I dare say genuine. Mrs Montagu whom I saw a few days ago, first told me of them.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1763 and 31 Jan 1763
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Lambeth
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and family
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:Turkish Embassy Letters
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28238
Source:n/a
Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:3
Page:33
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787, (London, 1809), 3, p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28238, accessed: 08 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Talbot was stepdaughter to Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury.