Record Number: 21759
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I told him, that I had been present the day before when Mrs. Montagu, the literary lady, sat to Miss Reynolds for her picture ; and that she said, "she had bound up Mr. Gibbon's 'History' without the last two offensive chapters; for that she thought the book so far good, as it gave, in an elegant manner, the substance of the bad writers medii aevi, which the late Lord Lyttleton advised her to read." [Johnson retorts that she has not read these authors]
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 6 Apr 1778
Country:England
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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:2 Oct 1718
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:bluestocking
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:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21759
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:910
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 910, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21759, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
originally published 1791