Record Number: 4512
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself through an energetic course of solid reading, including Homer (in Pope's translation) and various histories of the ancient and modern world, as well as the works of major modern poets.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Country:
England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:13 Jun 1752
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:novels
Genre:Classics, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4512
Source:Margaret Anne Doody
Editor:n/a
Title:Frances Burney: The Life in the Works
Place of Publication:New Brunswick, NJ
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:37
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Margaret Anne Doody, Frances Burney: The Life in the Works, (New Brunswick, NJ, 1988), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4512, accessed: 20 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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