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Record Number: 8030


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When we were speaking of Dr. Moore?s Travels, I told her that the Character of Mr. C.?reminded me of our friend Mr. Seward . . .'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1779 and 7 Apr 1780

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Frances Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Jun 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Moore

Title:

View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters

Genre:

Social Science, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: 1779; 3rd edn.,1780, 2 vols.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8030

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

Oxford: Clarendon Press

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

33-4

Additional Comments:

Letter to Susanna Elizabeth Burney , dated 7 April 1780, headed South Parade, Bath.

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 33-4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8030, accessed: 18 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Frances Burney is speaking to Dorothea Gregory.

   
   
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