Record Number: 5822
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr Rishton read "The Faerie Queene" to Frances Burney and her sisters, "in which he is extremely delicate, omitting whatever, to the poet's great disgrace, has crept in that is improper for a woman's ear".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
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Timen/a
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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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
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Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Frances Burney and her sisters
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Faerie Queene
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5822
Source:Jacqueline Pearson
Editor:n/a
Title:Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation.
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:106
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation., (Cambridge, 1999), p. 106, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5822, accessed: 24 April 2025
Additional Comments:
See Annie Raine Ellis (ed), The Early diary of Frances Burney 1768-1778 (1889) Vol 1 p. 243.