Record Number: 13925
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter to Collector MacVicar, June 20 1773 'In the mean time I hope the best, and endeavour to pursue Oliver Cromwell through all his crooked paths. I have gone but a short way, my attention having been completely engrossed by a book that has bewitched me for the time; ?tis the Vicar of Wakefield, which you must certainly read. Goldsmith puts one in mind of Shakespear [sic]; his narrative is improbable and absurd in many instances, yet all his characters do and say exactly what might be supposed of them ?'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1755 and 20 Jun 1773
Country:unknown
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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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1755
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Wife/Widow of Church of Scotland minister then author
Religion:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
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 vicar of Wakefield
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13925
Source:Anne Grant
Editor:n/a
Title:Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1807
Vol:1
Page:p.149
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807, (London, 1807), 1, p. p.149, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13925, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range given as birth to date of letter
