Record Number: 7949

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . let me recommend to You, to borrow or get from the Circulating Library, "An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber"?This book has Chance thrown in my Way since I spoke last to You . . .?My book is of the 2d Edition in 1740?Page 284 whatever may be the Page of the Book you procure.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1779 and 23 Feb 1780

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chessington
county: Surrey

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:

Samuel Crisp

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1707

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

author

Religion:

Christian

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:

Colley Cibber

Title:

Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1740 2nd edn

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7949

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

Oxford: Clarendon Press

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

17

Additional Comments:

in a letter from Samuel Crisp to Frances Burney headed 'Chesington Feb.23. 1780'

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7949, accessed: 01 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Goes on to quote passages from the book.