Record Number: 28020
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 3 October 1755: 'I met with some lines the other day in a translation of a famous Italian poet, which in a few expressive words, gives a better account of this sweet country, than I could in a hundred [quotes eight lines opening "She wishes much to tarry in this land ..."]. This poem was the only book of amusement I brought with me; it is called Ariosto,; or, Orlando Furioso, and is, in its way, a most wonderful piece of imagination, and really a very extraordinary work.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Sep 1755 and 3 Oct 1755
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ryde
Type of Experience(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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:Orlando Furioso
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28020
Source:n/a
Editor:Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Title:The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1804
Vol:2
Page:73-74
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family, (London, 1804), 2, p. 73-74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28020, accessed: 21 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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