Record Number: 28043
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 15 July 1751: 'I am fallen in love with Plutarch's Morals, a little of which my lord reads us now and then out of a very so so translation. They seem to me the most amiable, the most lively, and the least dry of any moral book, but 'tis indeed very little I have heard of them. I am deep in the Memoires [sic] of the Duc de Sully, and exceedingly entertained by them. I make him my companion with pleasure, as he seems to have an honest, brave, and worthy heart [...] I am reading many other books, but will not trouble you with my thoughts of them till I have read them through.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jul 1751 and 15 Jul 1751
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cuddesdon
county: Oxfordshire
(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:Male
Date of Birth:1693
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Dean of St Paul's
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Catherine Talbot (reader's stepdaughter), and other family members.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Morals
Genre:Classics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn [?English] translation
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28043
Source:n/a
Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters Between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:2
Page:40-41
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters Between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787, (London, 1809), 2, p. 40-41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28043, accessed: 01 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None