Record Number: 28258

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 27 November 1765:] 'What an agreeable fellow was that Philip of Macedon! We are reading his history; but the wise and elegant Athenians put me out of all patience, they are so like moderns: and all the Greeks of that time, some three or four excepted, appear such arrant scoundrels, that Philip, who was a clever scoundrel and made fools of them all, appears to great advantage.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1765 and 27 Nov 1765

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

Catherine Talbot and family

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer and family

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Thomas Leland

Title:

The History of the Life and Reign of Philip, King of Macedon

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1758

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28258

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

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 Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1809

Vol:

3

Page:

128-129

Additional Comments:

n/a

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 Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787, (London, 1809), 3, p. 128-129, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28258, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Text, author, and year of publication identified by source ed.