Record Number: 28043

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 15 July 1751: 'I am fallen in love with Plutarch's Morals, a little of which my lord reads us now and then out of a very so so translation. They seem to me the most amiable, the most lively, and the least dry of any moral book, but 'tis indeed very little I have heard of them. I am deep in the Memoires [sic] of the Duc de Sully, and exceedingly entertained by them. I make him my companion with pleasure, as he seems to have an honest, brave, and worthy heart [...] I am reading many other books, but will not trouble you with my thoughts of them till I have read them through.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1751 and 15 Jul 1751

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cuddesdon
county: Oxfordshire

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Secker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1693

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Dean of St Paul's

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Catherine Talbot (reader's stepdaughter), and other family members.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Plutarch

Title:

Morals

Genre:

Classics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In [?English] translation

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28043

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Montagu Pennington

Title:

A Series of Letters Between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1809

Vol:

2

Page:

40-41

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters Between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 40-41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28043, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None