| Evidence: | Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]:
'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving trouble and reading idle books to while away the hours of prescribed solitude [...] Dear, dear, with what companions have I been spending my lonely hours! Arlequin, a stupidissima Princess Mesirida, an infamous Con. Philips, and a ten times more profligate Jack Connor!' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1752 and 31 Jul 1752 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Surrey | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1721 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Chaigneau |
| Title: | The History of Jack Connor |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28066 | |
| 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: | 85-86 | |
| 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. 85-86, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28066, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Source ed. notes: 'Con. Philips's Memoirs are probably well known still, but the stupid as well as profligate novel of Jack Connor has sunk into deserved oblivion. The Editor has not the honour of the acquaintance of the Princess Mesirida' (p.86n). |
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