Record Number: 4525
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Iliad", and ... all the works of Pope, including the Letters; Hume's "History of England"; Hooke's "Roman History"; and Conyers Middleton's "Life of Cicero" ... She also ... studied music theory in Diderot's treatise ...'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 13 Jun 1765 and 12 Jun 1772
Country:England
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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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:13 Jun 1752
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:Roman History
Genre:Classics, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:4525
Source:Margaret Anne Doody
Editor:n/a
Title:Frances Burney: The Life in the Works
Place of Publication:New Brunswick, NJ
Date of Publication:1988
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Page:396 n.6
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Margaret Anne Doody, Frances Burney: The Life in the Works, (New Brunswick, NJ, 1988), p. 396 n.6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4525, accessed: 11 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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