Record Number: 5866
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Burney haunted the Thrales' library at Streatham, hiding her book when a man appeared: "she instantly put away [her] book", in this instance a translation of Cicero, when Mr Seward entered the library, or hid under her gloves his "Life of Waller" when Johnson approached.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Thrales's library in Streatham
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:unknown
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:Life of Waller
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:5866
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:132
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation., (Cambridge, 1999), p. 132, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5866, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Charlotte Barrett (ed), Diary and letters of Madame d'Arblay (1842-6), Vol 1, p. 82.