Record Number: 27990

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beautiful Psalms in Smith's Devotions were read responsively in the nursery by herself, and daughters, standing in a circle [...] After breakfast the younger ones read to her in turns the Psalms, and lessons for the day.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1750 and 31 Dec 1759

Country:

n/a

Time

morning

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Richardson children

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Mrs [Samuel] Richardson (readers' mother).

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Psalms

Genre:

Bible, Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27990

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Title:

The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

1

Page:

clxxxvi

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family, (London, 1804), 1, p. clxxxvi, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27990, accessed: 07 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None