Evidence: | 'But my dear, what a book! I am ashamed of it! I have read it right through and because I would not conceal from you the worse actions of my life, I send it to you, to show what a wicked book has engrossed your chaste wife these last two days. But is you, my dear, who have caused this vulgarity, for if I had not sought your amusement, I should not have amused myself with such an improper book.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Frances Boscawen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admiral's wife |
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: | Denis Diderot |
Title: | Les bijous indiscrets |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 5812 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Cecil Aspinall-Oglander | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Admiral's Wife: being the life and letters of the Hon Mrs Edward Boscawen from 1719-1761 | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 125 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Cecil Aspinall-Oglander, Admiral's Wife: being the life and letters of the Hon Mrs Edward Boscawen from 1719-1761 (1940), p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5812, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Boscawen is sending the book to her husband with the letter quoted (dated 1761) |
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