Record Number: 5819
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'She claims, for instance, a "charity to all kinds of books" which allows her to read sympathetically even the scandalous memoirs of Teresia Constantia Phillips.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1717
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Classicist / bluestocking
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:An apology for the conduct of Mrs Teresia Constantia Phillips
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5819
Source:Jacqueline Pearson
Editor:n/a
Title:Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:138
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835, (Cambridge, 1999), p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5819, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
See Montagu Pennington (ed) Series of letters between Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot, Vol I, p. 307.