Evidence: | 'In December 1810 a box of books arrived and the family began to read a novel which they "liked very much". This book is "Modern Philosophy", whose anti-heroine, "Miss Biddy Botherin", who made them "laugh a good deal", is a devotee of radical Godwinian philosophy, a satirical portrait probably combining elements of Mary Hays and Mary Wollstonecraft.' [Grove is resisting her then-fiance Shelley's philosophy and aesthetics]. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 1 Dec 1810 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Harriet Grove |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 2 Oct |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | unknown |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | ? |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Family group, presumably. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Elizabeth Hamilton |
Title: | Memoirs of modern philosophers |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 6432 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 98-9 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 98-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6432, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
See Kenneth Neill Cameron (ed.) Shelley and his circle 1773-1822, Vol 2, p. 596. |
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