| Evidence: | 'This morning we had from the Library the Maid of Arragon, a Tale by Mrs. Cowley, ? & Mrs. Thrale began reading it aloud, ? & the first thing was a [ital]poetical address [ital] to her Father!' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 14 Apr 1780 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bath county: Somerset specific address: South Parade |
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| Reader: | Hester Thrale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | wife of Henry Thrale, MP |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Frances Burney |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Hannah Cowley |
| Title: | The Maid of Arragon |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London, 1780 |
| Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) |
| Record ID: | 8596 | |
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| Author: | Fanny Burney | |
| Editor: | Betty Rizzo | |
| Title: | The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford: Clarendon Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
| Vol: | IV | |
| Page: | 57 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney dated 9-20 April [1780], from Bath. This event- April 14 Burney's informant is Dr Johnson |
| Citation: | Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8596, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| The dedicatory verses are similar to Burney's dedicatory poem in 'Evelina'. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)