Evidence: | '"Yes," bolted out Mrs. Bowdler, "Harriet is one of the greatest admirers of 'Evelina'."
These sort of abrupt speeches from people one hardly knows are amazingly distressing: & Fanny Bowdler & Miss Leigh looked almost as awkward as myself.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1778 and 29 Apr 1780 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Henrietta Maria (Harriet) Bowdler |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1754 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Frances Burney |
Title: | Evelina |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, 1778 |
Provenance: | n/a |
Record ID: | 10266 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Fanny Burney | |
Editor: | Betty Rizzo | |
Title: | The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney | |
Place of Publication: | London: Oxford University Press | |
Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
Vol: | IV | |
Page: | 81 | |
Additional comments: | Letter to Susanna Elizabeth Burney from Fanny Burney dated 29 April [1780], from Bath |
Citation: | Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (London: Oxford University Press, 2003), IV, p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10266, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
editor's note about Harriet Bowdler: '...youngest of the three Bowdler daughters. She was later author of the very successful "Sermons on the Doctrines and Duties of Christianity"...' |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)