Record Number: 17728
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Of course you have read Kenilworth Castle, and i trust, liked it. I greatly prefer it to the Monastery, & am almost as much pleased with it as with the Abbot: but not quite; the catastrophe is painful, & Elizabeth figures not so appropriately in a Romance, as her beautiful Rival;
1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1821 and 27 Feb 1821
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Chelsea College
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Aug 1772
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Kenilworth
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17728
Source:Sarah Harriet Burney
Editor:Lorna J. Clark
Title:Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The
Place of Publication:Athens GA / London
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:230
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The, (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 230, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17728, accessed: 08 December 2024
Additional Comments:
letter to Charlotte Barret, 27th February 1821