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Record Number: 8588


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the Evening we had Mrs. Lambert, who brought us a Tale, called Edwy & Edilda by the sentimental Clergyman Mr. Whaley, ? & [ital.] unreadably [ital.] soft & tender & senseless is it!'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

12 Apr 1780

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Bath
specific address: South Parade

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:

Frances Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Jun 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Other members of the household presumably present.


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Whalley

Title:

Edwy and Edilda: A Tale in Five Parts

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Dodsley, 1779

Provenance

read in situ
Brought by a visitor - Mrs Lambert


Source Information:

Record ID:

8588

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

Oxford: Clarendon Press

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

54

Additional Comments:

Letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney dated 9-20 April [1780], from Bath. This event - Wed 12 April.

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8588, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

editor's note: 'A long verse tale in ballad stanza about a lowly but courtly swain who loves a noble maiden and turns out to be of high degree' Not clear if the poem was read aloud or not.

   
   
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