Record Number: 28399
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[Dorothy, Lady Bradshaigh to Samuel Richardson, 29 October 1749, in discussion of her view that his characters Anna Howe and Clarissa Harlowe would have been made happy by marriage:] 'Here I cannot help giving you the Spectator's opinion upon a married state, so agreeable to my way of thinking: "I am verily persuaded, that whatever is delightful in human life, is to be enjoyed in greater perfection in the married than in the single condition." -- No. 476, vol. vii. I am verily persuaded so too; for which reason I [as author] would have married Clarissa.'
Century:1700-1799
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Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1705
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Country of Origin:England
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Spectator No. 476
Genre:Essays / Criticism
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Record ID:28399
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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:4
Page:260-261
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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), 4, p. 260-261, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28399, accessed: 28 September 2024
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NB date in 'Date of Birth of reader/Listener' is date of baptism; see entry in DNB. See p.177n in source for background to Lady Bradshaigh's correspondence with Richardson.