| Evidence: | From chapter entitled 'Madame d'Arblay':
'Whilst her mother read Pope's works and Pitt's AEneid with her eldest daughter Esther,
Fanny [Burney] sat by and listened, and learnt by heart the passages which her sister recited.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | Esther Burney and daughter (also Esther) |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Frances Burney |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alexander Pope |
| Title: | 'works' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27952 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Julia Kavanagh | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1863 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 81 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 1, p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27952, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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