Evidence: | 'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better
than Madame Riccoboni's Tales [...] she lent it to Dr. Johnson. He was very unwilling to read it
-- but once he was persuaded to begin the story, he was delighted with it. "Why, madam,
what a charming book you lent me," he said to Mrs. Thrale, on finishing the first volume, and
he anxiously asked to know whom Evelina married. He protested, too, that there were
passages in it that would do honour to Richardson, and that Henry Fielding never drew such a
character as Mr. Smith.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1778 and 31 Dec 1778 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
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: | Frances Burney |
Title: | Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | January 1778 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27956 | |
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: | 88 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 1, p. 88, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27956, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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