| Evidence: | [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 September 1760:]
'I have picked up a very strange [book], but which, with some faults that would make it dangerous to some sort of people, and some excellencies in it that would make it excessively despised by others, has a great deal of merit. It is written by the author of Robinson Crusoe, and called "The Family Instructor," and is so engaging, that when I had once taken it up I knew not how to lay it down again, and have recommended it to my mother as an amusing book, that with all her nicety of taste will not set her to sleep.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1760 and 17 Sep 1760 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Lambeth | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Catherine Talbot |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 May 1721 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe |
| Title: | The Family Instructor |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28221 | |
| 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 Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 351 | |
| 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 Elizabeth Carter to Mrs Vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787 (London, 1809), 2, p. 351, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28221, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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