Record Number: 18479
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Affectation is never more tiresome and ridiculous than in a letter. Madame de Sevigne was the best letter-writer that ever existed. I would rank Swift and Lord Chesterfield next. Voltaire to me is charming; but then I suspect he studied his epistles, as Lord Orford certainly did, and so had little merit. Heloise wrote beautifully in the old time; but we are very poor, both in England and Scotland, as to such matters'.
Century:1800-1849
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
correspondent of Charlotte Bury
Text Being Read:
Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
Title:Letters
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:18479
Source:Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-In-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:II
Page:204
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-In-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), II, p. 204, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18479, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Chronology unclear as ever with Charlotte Bury's diary and included letters - letter dated probably 1819 or 1820