Record Number: 6234
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Carter] is sympathetic to women of different views, like Charlotte Smith or Helen Maria Williams whose books she finds "too democratical" but praises as "exprest with decency and moderation" and "very prettily written".'
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:16 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:various books
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6234
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:142
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation (Cambridge, 1999), p. 142, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6234, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
See Montagu Pennington (ed.) Letters from Mrs Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Montagu (1817) vol. 3, p. 333.