Evidence: | 'This evening I have been reading a good deal in the "Monk". I don't know whether it hurts the mind or not, it certainly shows the passions in a very fascinating light. I think we are more apt to be impressed with that part than the morality of it. I think it loss of time and ... I should not go on reading it, but yet as I have begun it I think it better to go on.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 25 May 1798 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Norwich (2 miles) county: Norfolk specific address: Earlham Hall location in dwelling |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Gurney |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 21 May 1780 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | daughter of merchant and banker |
Religion: | Quaker |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | later Elizabeth Fry |
Author: | Matthew Lewis |
Title: | The Monk |
Genre: | Fiction, gothic |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22266 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Elizabeth Fry | |
Title: | Journal | |
Location: | British Library | |
Call no: | Add Mss 47456 | |
Page/folio: | ff. 22 |
Citation: | Elizabeth Fry, Journal British Library, p. Add Mss 47456, p. ff. 22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22266, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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