Record Number: 17697
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read both Scott's visits, and Mrs Hulse has just lent me the life of John Sobieski, K. of poland. I have only just begun it, but it promises facility of style, & I think I shall like it. I tried Pallas's Travels in Russia lately: but there was too much about progressive improvements in agriculture, & manufactuaries amongst the grown-up Muscovite babes, & I got tired, as I easily do of all that relates to half civilised nations. Give me a whole Savage or no Savage at all.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 1 Mar 1816
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Chelsea College
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Aug 1772
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in 1793 and 1794
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailstrans. by F.W. Blagdon
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17697
Source:Sarah Harriet Burney
Editor:Lorna J. Clark
Title:Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The
Place of Publication:Athens GA / London
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:201-2
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 201-2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17697, accessed: 03 December 2023
Additional Comments:
letter to Charlotte Barrett, 1st March 1816. Pallas wrote other volumes on Russia too, so it is not certain which SHB was reading.
