Record Number: 28322
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 18 March 1752, following his account of recent storm damage to rooks' nests in his garden:] 'This impertinent episode of the rookery interrupted the account I was giving of my employment, which I was going to tell you is chiefly reading the choicest authors my little library affords; which, as they are few, I go over and over again; and indeed I almost read my eyes out.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1752 and 18 Mar 1752
Country:England
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Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Record ID:28322
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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:42
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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. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28322, accessed: 27 September 2024
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