Record Number: 5812

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'But my dear, what a book! I am ashamed of it! I have read it right through and because I would not conceal from you the worse actions of my life, I send it to you, to show what a wicked book has engrossed your chaste wife these last two days. But is you, my dear, who have caused this vulgarity, for if I had not sought your amusement, I should not have amused myself with such an improper book.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Frances Boscawen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiral's wife

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Denis Diderot

Title:

Les bijous indiscrets

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

5812

Source:

Print

Author:

Cecil Aspinall-Oglander

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Admiral's Wife: being the life and letters of the Hon Mrs Edward Boscawen from 1719-1761

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

125

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Cecil Aspinall-Oglander, Admiral's Wife: being the life and letters of the Hon Mrs Edward Boscawen from 1719-1761, (1940), p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5812, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Boscawen is sending the book to her husband with the letter quoted (dated 1761)