Evidence: | 'Well,? at the Lower Rooms we saw this Woman, ? whose Face carries an affirmation of all this account, ? it is bold, hardened, painted, snuft, leering & impudent! Just such a face as I should Draw for Mrs. Sinclear ? Her Dress, too, was of the same cast, a thin muslin short sacque & Coat lined throughout with Pink, ? a [ital] modesty bit [close ital.] [xxxxx 2 words] ? & something of a [ital.] very [ital.] short cloak half concealed about half of her old wrinkled Neck? the rest was visible to disgust the beholders, ? red Bows and Ribbons in abundance, a Gauze Bonnet tipt on to the top of her Head, & a pair of Mittens! ? We were all curious to see this Queen of Bath, as she is called, on account of the expensive Entertainments she makes, & therefore we got very near to her.
. . . a Wretch notorious for all manner of evil: a wretch who, Miss Bowdler has told me, endeavours as much , by dispersing obscene Books, to corrupt youth, as to assist already corrupted maturity in the prosecution of vice!'
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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 | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 13 Jun 1752 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | Christian |
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: | Samuel Richardson |
Title: | Clarissa |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, 1747 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 8581 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Fanny Burney | |
Editor: | Betty Rizzo | |
Title: | The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford: Clarendon Press | |
Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
Vol: | IV | |
Page: | 45-46 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney dated 9-20 April [1780], from Bath. |
Citation: | Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003), IV, p. 45-46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8581, accessed: 24 September 2023 |
Burney refers to Mrs Sinclair, the brothel keeper in Richardson's 'Clarissa'. Her familiar allusion suggests familiarity with Richardson's text. |
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