Record Number: 6179

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[while he was doing his accounts Turner's wife read aloud to him] 'the moving Scene of the Funeral of Miss Clarissa Harlowe' - "Oh: may the Supreme Being give me Grace to lead my life in such a manner as my Exit may in some respect be like that Divine Creature."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

25 Feb 1756

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Home

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:

Peggy Turner

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Shopkeeper's wife

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Thomas Turner

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

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6179

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Turner

Editor:

David Vaisey

Title:

The diary of Thomas Turner

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

unknown

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The diary of Thomas Turner, (Oxford, 1985), p. unknown, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6179, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None