Record Number: 28150
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, during convalescence from illness, 1 January 1759:] 'I have run over a heap of most ridiculous French books, and think with real grief how shameful it is that people should sit down to study such trash in perfect health -- in [italics] real [end italics] illness they woud be a still more unfit occupation, and I can scarce excuse myself for turning over so many, even in the state of langour in which I am, and which makes me unfit for application, and under a necessity of amusement. Indeed many of them are so vile that a page at a time was quite enough.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Dec 1758 and 1 Aug 1759
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Lambeth, London
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:21 May 1721
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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:'ridiculous French books'
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28150
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:293-294
Additional Comments:
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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. 293-294, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28150, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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