Record Number: 28061
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 22 April 1752: 'At last we have begun Amelia, it is very entertaining. I do love Dr Harrison and the good Serjeant; and Mrs James's visit to Amelia has extremely diverted me. How many Mrs James's in that good-for-nothing London! But Mr Fielding's heroines are always silly loving runaway girls. Amelia makes an excellent wife, but why did she marry Booth?'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Apr 1752 and 22 Apr 1752
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Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Amelia
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28061
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Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:2
Page:75-76
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Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787, (London, 1809), 2, p. 75-76, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28061, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Talbot was the stepdaughter of Thomas Secker, Dean of St Paul's.
