Record Number: 5865
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Burney's reading group reading two books - 'the last voyage of Captain Cook and the letters of Madame de Sevigne. She makes little progress with Cook because of her fascination with Sevigne, a 'siren' who 'seduces me from all other reading'; she feels such an intense response to the letters that it is as if Sevigne 'were alive and even now in my room and permitting me to run into her arms.'
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: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
Reading group
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:letters
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:5865
Source:Jacqueline Pearson
Editor:n/a
Title:Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation.
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:133
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation., (Cambridge, 1999), p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5865, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Charlotte Barrett (ed), Diary and letters of Madame d'Arblay (1842-6), Vol 1, p. 572.