Record Number: 6233
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Carter] read "a system of false philosophy" by Madame de Chatelet "for no other reason than because it was wrote by a lady".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:17 Dec 1717
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Classicist / Bluestocking
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Science, Mathematics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6233
Source:Jacqueline Pearson
Editor:n/a
Title:Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:141
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation (Cambridge, 1999), p. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6233, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
See Montagu Pennington (ed.) Series of letters between Carter and Catherine Talbot (1808), vol. 1, p. 144.