Evidence: | 'Soon after, the old mamma hobbled to me,? and began a furious panegyric upon my Book,? saying at the same Time "I wonder, miss, how you could get at them low characters! ? as to the Lords and Ladies that?s no wonder at all, ? why as to t?other, ?why I have not stirred night nor morning while I?ve been reading it,? if I don?t wonder how you could be so clever! ? ...
. . . you?ve writ the best and prettiest book? that Lord there, I forget his Name, that marries her at last, what a fine Gentleman he is! You deserve everything for Drawing such a Character, ? & then Miss Elena there? Miss Belmont as she is at last, ?what a Noble Couple of ?em you have put together! As to the t?other Lord, I was glad he had not her, for I see he had nothing but a bad design."
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1778 and 6 May 1780 | ||||||||||
Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime night |
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Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Lawes |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1701 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | widow of diplomat, John Lawes |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Frances Burney |
Title: | Evelina |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, 1778 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12229 | |
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: | n/a | |
Page: | 104 and 106 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (London: Oxford University Press, 2003), p. 104 and 106, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12229, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
comments suggest she read the novel in one sitting. editor's note on p. 85 re. 'Mrs Lawes' - 'probably Mary Lawes' |
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