Evidence: | Quoted from 'one of Sir Walter Scott's works of biography', in chapter entitled 'Oroonoko':
'"The editor was acquainted by an old lady of family, who assured him that in her younger
days Mrs. Behn's novels were as currently upon the toilette as the works of Miss Edgeworth at
present; and described with some humour her own surprise when the book falling into her
hands after a long interval of years, and when its contents were quite forgotten, she found it
impossible to endure at the age of fourscore what at fifteen she, like all the fashionable world
of the time, had perused without an idea of impropriety."' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Aphra Behn |
Title: | [?]Oroonoko |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27951 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Julia Kavanagh | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1863 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 28-29 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 1, p. 28-29, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27951, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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