Evidence: | Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 14 March 1752:
'I have begun reading a book which promises some laughing amusement, "The Female Quixote;" the few chapters I read to my mother last night while we were undressing were whimsical enough and not at all low. I have not read Amelia, yet, but have seen it read and commented upon much to my edification by that good Bishop of Gloucester, who seldom misses spending two or three days of the week at this deanery [...] I have been particularly delighted with some of our afternoons, when we have sat unmolested by my dressing-room fire-side, he reading Amelia (and quarreling excessively at the two first volumes) my mother and I reading or working, or following our own devices as it might happen, and every one mixing little interruptions of chat as things come into their heads; with not a single ring at the door to disturb us.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Mar 1752 and 14 Mar 1752 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: St Paul's Deanery location in dwelling: Dressing-room of Catherine Talbot (the Dean's stepdaughter) |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Martin Benson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Apr 1689 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Bishop of Gloucester |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Henry Fielding |
Title: | Amelia (volumes 1 and 2) |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28058 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Montagu Pennington | |
Title: | A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 68-69 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 68-69, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28058, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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