Record Number: 28035
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 14 February 1751: 'I have a [...] curiosity to find out the author of a book Mrs Underdown has lately been reading to me, with which we are both greatly charmed. The title is "Directions for the Employment of Time" [...] Have you seen Stanzas in a Country Church-yard? and do not you greatly admire them?'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1751 and 14 Feb 1751
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Deal
county: Kent
(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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Elizabeth Carter
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Directions for the Employment of Time
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28035
Source:n/a
Editor:Montagu Pennington
Title:A Series of Letters Between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1809
Vol:2
Page:5
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters Between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28035, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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