Record Number: 12631
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have got for you, as you desire, a Turkish love-letter, which I have put in a little box, and ordered the captain of the Smyrniote to deliver it to you with this letter. The translation of it is as literally as follows: The first piece you should pull out of the purse is a little pearl, which is in Turkish called [italics] Ingi [italics]...You see this letter is all verses, and I can assure you there is as much fancy shewn in the choice of them, as in the most studied expressions of our letters; there being, I believe, a million of verses designed for this use.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1689 and 16 Mar 1718
Country:Turkey
Timen/a
Place:city: Constantinople
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:Female
Date of Birth:1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British Ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Turkey
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Poetry, Romantic poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Given as a gift to the recipient of the letter.
Source Information:
Record ID:12631
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:159-160
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to an unnamed Lady. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing's Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762, (London, 1906), n/a, p. 159-160, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12631, accessed: 27 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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