Record Number: 5891
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In 1782 Hester Thrale read the Spectator to her daughters, who found hilariously improper the "Idea of a Lady saying her Stomach ach'd, or that something stuck between her teeth".'
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 reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jan 1741
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Her daughters.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The spectator
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5891
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:22
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation., (Cambridge, 1999), p. 22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5891, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See Katherine C Balderston (ed), Thraliana: the diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale (later Mrs Piozzi) 1726-1809 (Oxford, 1942).