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Record Number: 28017


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Miss] J. Collier to Samuel Richardson, 4 October 1748: 'I have been further considering of that part in Mrs Fielding's proof, which relates to Mrs. Teachum's method of punishing her scholars; and give me leave to tell you my reasons for thinking it rather better to remain as she has left it, than to have it altered even as [italics]you[end italics] proposed [goes on to discuss treatment of theme of punishment in text in detail].'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1748 and 4 Oct 1748

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

J[?ane] Collier

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Sarah Fielding

Title:

The Governess

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit, Education

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown, In proof

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28017

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Title:

The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

2

Page:

61-62

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family (London, 1804), 2, p. 61-62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28017, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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