Record Number: 6684
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am very charmed, my dear Mr Edwards, with your sweet Story of a Second Pamela. Had I drawn mine from the very Life, I should have made a much more perfect Piece of my first Favourite.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Apr 1753
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:19 Aug 1689
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:printer and author
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letter relating story of a real life 'Pamela']
Genre:n/a
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6684
Source:Samuel Richardson
Editor:John Carroll
Title:Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1964
Vol:n/a
Page:225
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 225, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6684, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter from Richardson to Thomas Edwards, April 1753