Evidence: | 'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better
than Madame Riccoboni's Tales [...] she lent it to Dr. Johnson. He was very unwilling to read it
-- but once he was persuaded to begin the story, he was delighted with it. "Why, madam,
what a charming book you lent me," he said to Mrs. Thrale, on finishing the first volume, and
he anxiously asked to know whom Evelina married. He protested, too, that there were
passages in it that would do honour to Richardson, and that Henry Fielding never drew such a
character as Mr. Smith.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Hester Thrale |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Madame Riccoboni |
Title: | Tales |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27957 | |
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: | 88 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 1, p. 88, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27957, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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