Record Number: 6696

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A bookseller made me a present of 2 vols of a piece intitled, "A Journey thro' Life." My wife and girls, and Miss Collier say it is not very interesting, but has some moral sentiments in it. It seems to me, by the Contents, to be a collection of tales or Stories.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

1754

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:

Reading Group:

Richardson's wife and daughters

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife and daughters of Samuel Richardson

Religion:

n/a

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:

Sarah Scott (attrib)

Title:

A Journey Thro' Every Stage of Life

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6696

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Editor:

John Carroll

Title:

Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1964

Vol:

n/a

Page:

293

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson, (Oxford, 1964), p. 293, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6696, accessed: 07 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

Letter from Richardson to Lady Bradshaigh, Feb 1754