| Evidence: | 'Parthenissa is now my company[,] my Brother sent it downe and I have almost read it, tis hansome Language you would know it to bee writt by a person of good Quality though you were not tolde it, but in the whole I am not very much taken with it, all the Story's have too neer a resemblance with those of Other Romances there is nothing of new or surprenant in them . . . ' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Feb 1654 and 28 Feb 1654 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Bedfordshire specific address: Chicksands Priory |
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| Reader: | Dorothy Osborne |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1627 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Roger Boyle |
| Title: | Parthenissa |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | the first (of three) parts was published in 1654 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 12281 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Dorothy Osborne | |
| Editor: | Kenneth Parker | |
| Title: | Letters to Sir William Temple | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 179 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple (London, 1987), p. 179, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12281, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
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