| Evidence: | 'In 1782 Hester Thrale read the Spectator to her daughters, who found hilariously improper the "Idea of a Lady saying her Stomach ach'd, or that something stuck between her teeth".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hester Thrale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jan 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Her daughters. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Joseph Addison |
| Title: | The spectator |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5891 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 22 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5891, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| See Katherine C Balderston (ed), Thraliana: the diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale (later Mrs Piozzi) 1726-1809 (Oxford, 1942). |
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