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Record Number: 28022


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 31 December 1755: 'My good old folks were desirous that I should read Clarissa to them, which gave me a fourth time the pleasure of going through that admirable work; they never read it nor heard of it till now, and are so delighted, and so interested for your beloved sweet girl [i.e. character Clarissa], that you cannot imagine what a new entertainment it is to me to hear the remarks, and the observations they make, and this from minds so innocent and ignorant of the world as they seem.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1740 and 31 Dec 1755

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:

Margaret Collier

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28022

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:

89

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. 89, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28022, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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