| Evidence: | 'In 1753 Catherine Talbot stayed with the Berkeley family and participated enthusiastically in readings of "Sir Charles Grandison".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1753 and 1753 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: home of the Berkeley family | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1721 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | 'bluestocking' |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
a mixed party of men and women |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Richardson |
| Title: | Sir Charles Grandison |
| Genre: | Fiction, Y |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 141 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 174 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 174, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=141, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| see T.C. Duncan Eaves and Ben. D. Kimpel, "Richardson" (Oxford, 1971) p.361 |
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