| Evidence: | Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 30 March 1751:
'How to account for Miss Mulso's unmerciful severity to Amelia is past my skill, as it does not appear that she was in very good health when she read the book.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1752 and 30 Mar 1752 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hester Mulso |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Oct 1727 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry Fielding |
| Title: | Amelia |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28059 | |
| 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: | 72 | |
| 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. 72, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28059, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Earlier in letter, Carter writes: 'Methinks I long to engage you on the side of this poor unfortunate book [Amelia], which I am told the fine folks are unanimous in pronouncing to be very sad stuff' (p.71). |
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