Record Number: 28383

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Mrs] A. Dewes to Samuel Richardson, 24 September 1750: '[My sister] and the Dean both have the highest regard for you and all your works. I rejoice at every addition you make to Clarissa [...] I can't help wishing you would publish Clarissa's meditiations, as they must be of great use and pleasure to all who read them; and the few friends to whom I have shewed those you favoured me with, are greatly pleased with them, especially Lady Anne Coventry, aunt to the Duke of Beaufort, a lady of singular piety and religion [...] a widow [...] She is also near fourscore, but enjoys health, and all the faculties of her mind in full vigour; employs them in goodness and ingenuity, and is very fond of Clarissa.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1750 and 24 Sep 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:

Reading Group:

'[Mrs A. Dewes's] sister and the Dean'

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28383

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Title:

Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

4

Page:

27-28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family , (London, 1804), 4, p. 27-28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28383, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None