Record Number: 6232

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot] read and admired the work of Elizabeth Rowe, and questioned each other excitedly about an almost forgotten Katherine Phillips, "the matchless Orinda", impressed that her work is mentioned with "the highest respect, admiration and reverence by the writers of that time".'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Catherine Talbot

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1721

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Bluestocking

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Rowe

Title:

works

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6232

Source:

Print

Author:

Jacqueline Pearson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1999

Vol:

n/a

Page:

142

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jacqueline Pearson, Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation, (Cambridge, 1999), p. 142, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6232, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Montagu Pennington (ed.) Series of letters between Carter and Catherine Talbot, vol. 1.