Record Number: 28032

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

J. Channing to Samuel Richardson, 31 October 1748: 'I returned your papers on Saturday, with sincere thanks, myself very truly affected with them. I had attended the last moments of your heroine [Clarissa] with such emotions of soul, as every unsteeled reader must experience.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1748 and 31 Oct 1748

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

J. Channing

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

28032

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:

2

Page:

333

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), 2, p. 333, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28032, accessed: 22 November 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None