Record Number: 28315
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 26 January 1749:] 'I find, dear Sir, that if I put off my acknowledgements to the author of the divine Clarissa till I can meet with words that will fully express what I think and feel on that subject, I must for ever seem either insensible or ungrateful [...] Whether it be a milkiness of blood in me, as Shakespeare calls it, I know not, but I have never felt so much distress in my life as I have done for that dear girl [comments further]'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1748 and 26 Jan 1749
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Clarissa
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28315
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Editor:Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Title:Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1804
Vol:3
Page:1
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family , (London, 1804), 3, p. 1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28315, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
DNB reference: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8558.
