| Evidence: | '. . . Mrs Kynaston, good humouredly ,called out -"I'm sure, Ladies, I am very glad to see you so merry, - ah - one of you young ladies, - I don't say which, has given me a deal of entertainment! - I'm sure I could never leave off reading,- & when Miss Owen came into my Room, says I, don't speak a Word to me, for I'm so engaged! - Lord, I could not bear to be stopt!. . ."' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1778 and 30 Apr 1780 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | location in dwelling: "my Room" | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Victoria Kynaston |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | daughter of Baronet, wife of MP |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | ed. note (p.85) daughter and heir of Sir Charles Lloyd, 3rd Bt of Garth, Montgomeryshire |
| Author: | Frances Burney |
| Title: | Evelina |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London, 1778 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11162 | |
| 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: | 98 | |
| Additional comments: | In a letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney, dated 30 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. 98, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11162, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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