| Evidence: | 'Hester Thrale compared herself to Swift's Vanessa who "held Montaigne and read- / while Mrs Susan comb'd her Head", and read the "Spectator" to her daughters while her "Maid... was dressing [her] Hair".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1776 and 1809 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: presumably at home, whilst having hair done | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Hester Thrale |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jan 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | none |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
her daughters |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Joseph Addison |
| Title: | The Spectator |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical, Could have been periodical in bound form |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 136 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 168 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 168, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=136, accessed: 09 May 2024 | |
| See Katherine C. Balderston (ed.)"Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale (later Mrs Piozzi) 1776-1809" (Oxford, 1942) p.547 |
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