| Evidence: | 'the famous Tristram Shandy itself is not absolutely original: for when I was at Derby in the Summer of 1774 I strolled by mere chance into a Bookseller's Shop, where however I could find nothing to tempt Curiosity but a strange Book about Corporal Bates, which I bought & read for want of better Sport, and found it to be the very Novel from which Sterne took his first Idea: the Character of Uncle Toby, the Behaviour of Coporal Trim, even the name of Tristram itself seems to be borrowed from this stupid History of Corporal Bates forsooth'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1774 and 30 Sep 1774 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Derby | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hester Lynch Thrale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 24 Jan 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Anon. |
| Title: | ife and Memoirs of Mr Ephraim Tristram Bates, commonly called Corporal Bates, a broken-hearted Soldier |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 22500 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
| Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
| Title: | Thraliana | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 23-4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 23-4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22500, accessed: 18 May 2013 | |
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