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Record Number: 4097


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?It would be necessary to notice here, when we profess to give a sketch of the progress of novel or romance writing, as indication of and connected with the state of manners, the few exceptions that occur to be our observations in the novels of Mrs Lennox, Mrs Sheridan and Cumberland. The Female Quixote of the former .. retains still a portion of its original interest.?

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Ireland

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charles Robert Maturin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1782

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Curate

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Lennox

Title:

The Female Quixote

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1752

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4097

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Robert Maturin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The British Review and London Critical Journal

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1818

Vol:

xi (1818)

Page:

45-6

Additional Comments:

Review article (unsigned) on the publication of Edgeworth's Harrington and Ormond.

Citation:

Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal, (1818), xi (1818), p. 45-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4097, accessed: 08 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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