| Evidence: | Letter to Collector MacVicar, June 20 1773 'In the mean time I hope the best, and endeavour to pursue Oliver Cromwell through all his crooked paths. I have gone but a short way, my attention having been completely engrossed by a book that has bewitched me for the time; ?tis the Vicar of Wakefield, which you must certainly read. Goldsmith puts one in mind of Shakespear [sic]; his narrative is improbable and absurd in many instances, yet all his characters do and say exactly what might be supposed of them ?' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1755 and 20 Jun 1773 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1755 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Wife/Widow of Church of Scotland minister then author |
| Religion: | Church of Scotland |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Title: | The vicar of Wakefield |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13925 | |
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| Author: | Anne Grant | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1807 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | p.149 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), 1, p. p.149, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13925, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Date range given as birth to date of letter |
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