Evidence: | Mary Berry, Journal, 22 September 1808, during stay at Bothwell Castle, seat of Lord Douglas: 'I read to Lady Douglas my sketch of a preface for the Letters [of Madame du Deffand], with which she seemed well pleased. Finished reading "The Tale of the Times," a novel, which, like most other novels, begins better than it finishes.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 22 Sep 1808 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Bothwell Castle | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Berry |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 16 Mar 1763 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer/editor |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Lady Douglas |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mary Berry |
Title: | Draft preface to edition of Letters of Madame du Deffand |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9143 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
Title: | Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 371 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 371, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9143, accessed: 28 May 2023 |
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