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Record Number: 6161


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'in the even I wrote my London letters... also read the News paper... as I was a writing all the even my wife read "Clarissa Harlowe" to me.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

23 Feb 1756

Country:

England

Time

evening

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:

Peggy Turner

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Shop keeper's wife

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Thomas Turner, her husband


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6161

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Turner

Editor:

David Vaisey

Title:

The Diary of Thomas Turner

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

unknown

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1985), p. unknown, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6161, accessed: 25 April 2024


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