Record Number: 8597

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?"She has heard a great deal of you, ? & has seen some of your Letters" . . . I am [ital] very [ital] much concerned, nay & [ital] hurt & half angry [ital] that this lady, whose name it seems is Lee, should have seen any of my Letters . . .'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chessington

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:

Anne Leigh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1751

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

daughter of Revd Peter Leigh

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:

Frances Burney

Title:

[letters]

Genre:

letters

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8597

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:

58-9

Additional Comments:

Letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney dated 9-20 April [1780], from Bath. Burney's informant is Dr Johnson.

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 58-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8597, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

The letters were written to Samuel Crisp by Fanny Burney. Editor's note: Anne Leigh 'was a first cousin twice removed of Samuel Crisp'.