Record Number: 17591
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have not read "Self control", and am determined not to read it, till my own eternal rubbish is concluded. I was a week in the house, at John Street with the two first volumes, but never looked at them. Miss Jardine lent them there. She spent a sociable evening with us, and made me laugh by observing that the book began with a sort of ravishment that almost enclined her to shut it up after the first forty pages, and never to open it again. Sister Burney likes it; not the ravishment but the tout ensemble; but thinks the last volume flags.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 1 Aug 1811
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1749
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
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:Self-control
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17591
Source:Sarah Harriet Burney
Editor:Lorna J. Clark
Title:Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The
Place of Publication:Athens GA / London
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:130
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The, (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 130, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17591, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Charlotte Barrett, Aug 1st 1811. Esther Burney was SHB's half sister, and had married her cousin, Charles Rousseau Burney, hece the surname remaining unaltered.
