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Record 28268

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 9 July 1767:] 'We are deep (for our after supper book) in Lord Lyttleton [i.e. his History of Henry II]. For my own amusement I am glad he digresses so much; but does he not digress too much for a biographer? I am much entertained with the History of the Crusades, though indeed it is terrible. If you ever meet with the History of Nourjahad it will interest and amuse you [...] the only shocking part is when he grows what the author meant for very pious, and aspires after the beatific vision of that rascal Mahomet.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jul 1767 and 9 Jul 1767
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: Lambeth
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reading Group:Catherine Talbot and family
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer and family
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Lyttelton
Title: History of the Life of Henry II
Genre: History, Biography, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28268  
Source - Print  
  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: 3
  Page: 153
  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), 3, p. 153, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28268, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Talbot lived in the household of her stepfather, Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury.

 

 

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