Record Number: 9160
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr Hope' to Mary Berry: 'Your preface [to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand] I devoured the moment I got it. I have since not [italics]despatched[end italics], but finished your life [of Madame du Deffand], with the highest relish for its ease of style [...] I now feast upon your notes, and a delightful treat they are [...] No matter what, I read all out to Louisa, who owes you the whole of the few moments of enjoyment she feels at this period of anxious expectation'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1810 and 31 Dec 1810
Country:unknown
Timen/a
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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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Louisa (?Hope)
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Preface and Notes to Letters of Madame du Deffand
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn Letters of Madame du Deffand, ed. Mary Berry, 1810
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:9160
Source:n/a
Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:2
Page:428-29
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 2, p. 428-29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9160, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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