| Evidence: | 'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself through an energetic course of solid reading, including Homer (in Pope's translation) and various histories of the ancient and modern world, as well as the works of major modern poets.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Frances Burney |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 13 Jun 1752 |
| 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: | |
| Title: | ancient history |
| Genre: | Classics, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4514 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Anne Doody | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Frances Burney: The Life in the Works | |
| Place of Publication: | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 37 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Margaret Anne Doody, Frances Burney: The Life in the Works (New Brunswick, NJ, 1988), p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4514, accessed: 24 September 2023 | |
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