| Evidence: | Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 December 1751:
'I want to talk to you of Fontanelle's Plays, have you seen them? They are incomparable. Truth, virtue, simplicity, and good sense, are the characteristics of his heroines, and there is besides something agreeably odd and uncommon in the whole manner.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1751 and 23 Dec 1751 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1721 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle |
| Title: | Plays |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28056 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Montagu Pennington | |
| Title: | A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, Letters from Mrs Eliazbeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28056, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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