Record Number: 32801

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[letter: 1 January 1743]: [Joseph Andrews] contains such a surprising variety of nature, wit, morality, and good sense, as is scarcely to be met with in any one composition, and there is such a spirit of benevolence runs through the whole, as I think renders it peculiarly charming.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1742 and 1 Jan 1743

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Elizabeth Carter

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1717

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Classicist

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Fielding

Title:

The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32801

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Carter

Editor:

Claude Rawson

Title:

Henry Fielding: A Critical Anthology

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1973

Vol:

n/a

Page:

61

Additional Comments:

Letter from Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 1 January 1743

Citation:

Elizabeth Carter, Claude Rawson (ed.), Henry Fielding: A Critical Anthology, (London, 1973), p. 61, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32801, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None