Record Number: 5870
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Burney was] 'not impressed by Samuel James Arnold's "The Creole", Lady Morgan's "The Missionary", Edgeworth's "Patronage", which she found "dull and heavy" or Hannah More's "Coelebs", which she found "monotonously without interest of ANY kind", despite her approval of its politics.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:13 Jun 1752
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:unknown
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:The Missionary
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5870
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:137
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation., (Cambridge, 1999), p. 137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5870, accessed: 13 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Joyce Hemlow et al (eds), The journals and letters of Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay) (Oxford, 1972-84), vol IX, p. 451-2.