Record Number: 5821
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'the young Burney's paranoia about being detected in classical learning. When in 1769 she read Thucydides, she emphasised even in her private diary that she did not read "the original Greek... I think the precaution necessary!". '
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1769 and 31 Dec 1769
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Timen/a
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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:1 Jan 1752
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Classics, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5821
Source:Jacqueline Pearson
Editor:n/a
Title:Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1999
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Page:71
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835, (Cambridge, 1999), p. 71, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5821, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
See Annie Raine Ellis (ed), The Early diary of Frances Burney 1768-1778 (1889) Vol 1 p. 63.