Record Number: 4103
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?In the works of Fielding our credulity is not taxed for superfluous admiration by any of those faultless monsters? Fielding?s chief excellence appears to lie in the delineation of his characters that combine simplicity, ignorance and benevolence. His Parson Adams and his Partridge will still induce us to tolerate even Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones. His mind appeared incapable of concocting a character of real virtue. His Allworthy is a prosing, self sufficient moral pedant; in Joseph Andrews virtue is ridiculous; in Tom Jones vice is honourable. Nobody now reads either but the school boy, and one of the earliest signs of an improved taste, and an advancement in Christian morality, is the rejection of both.?
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:1782
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Curate
Religion:Christian (Church of England)
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon, 1749
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4103
Source:Charles Robert Maturin
Editor:n/a
Title:The British Review and London Critical Journal
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:1818
Vol:XI
Page:41
Additional Comments:
Review on the publication of Harrington and Ormond by Maria Edgeworth.
Citation:
Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal, (1818), XI, p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4103, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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