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Record 10266

Reading Experience:

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.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1778 and 29 Apr 1780
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
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: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)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Frances Burney
Title: Evelina
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: London, 1778
Provenance: n/a

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10266  
Source - Print  
  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

Additional comments:

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"...'

 

 

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