| Evidence: | [while he was doing his accounts Turner's wife read aloud to him] 'the moving Scene of the Funeral of Miss Clarissa Harlowe' - "Oh: may the Supreme Being give me Grace to lead my life in such a manner as my Exit may in some respect be like that Divine Creature." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Feb 1756 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Home | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Peggy Turner |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Shopkeeper's wife |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Thomas Turner |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Richardson |
| Title: | Clarissa |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6179 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Turner | |
| Editor: | David Vaisey | |
| Title: | The diary of Thomas Turner | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | unknown | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1985), p. unknown, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6179, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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