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rwmg
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The author uses diaries, library records, and other papers as well as elocution guides to reconstruct who was reading what in the 18th century and how. Reading was much more of a shared activity with people reading aloud to each other from newspapers, periodicals, non fiction, joke books, and religious works, and a good reading voice was essential.

rwmg Even with the rise of the novel during this time, reading was much more fragmentary with people reading extracts to elicit emotional responses rather than complete novels such as Behemoths like “Clarissa“ or the more reasonably sized “Tom Jones“.

Fascinating.
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rwmg
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rwmg
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#WhereAreYouMonday

18th century Britain

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Karisa
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👏👏👏 You tell him, Captain!

Whether it‘s 1778 or today, no means no. I‘m loving Evelina so much!

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CoveredInRust
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I feel like the Captain would've loved Trump. 😑

Ruthiella I hated the Captain in this book. He was so rude! 😠 3w
CoveredInRust @Ruthiella I can't stand most of the men! The hero is really the only one I'm like "yeah, you'll do"... and the guardian. He's fine so far. 3w
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I first read this for a uni class and, because we we had about a week and a half to read and discuss it, didn't pay a ton of attention to ENJOYING it.

After taking a step back from analyzing everything I read for academia, I'm slowly going back to rereading some classics I read back then. Some I have hated (side eye to Moll Flanders) but this one I'm really enjoying. It's entertaining as hell and has outrageous characters. And the HAIR. GAWD.

TheBookHippie I‘m with ya on Moll Flanders 😵‍💫 4w
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CoveredInRust
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Isn't that the way?

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swynn
Adventures of Eovaai | Eliza Fowler Haywood
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(1736) Set in a time before the world was remade for Adam's arrival, this is the story of the princess Eovaai who is deceived by an evil counselor and loses her kingdom and very nearly her Virtue. It's a strange book that lurches from utopian treatise to Arabian Nights pastiche to amatory-fiction shenanigans, with occasional flashes of brilliance and humor (both intentional and un-) and a generous serving of WTF?!?

This is my March #DoubleSpin

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Octoberwoman
Nantucket Woman | Diana Gaines
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025