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… 7 Thus, reading was conceived as collective entertainment that provided a reduced circle with food for thought and conversation. 5 . The Hon. Mrs. Boscawen to Mrs. Delany, in The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady … seeing the ‘sophisticated and discerning’ manner of reading aloud as an accomplishment, along with music, dance, conversation, needlework, and other ‘polite practices’. 10 10 . Catherine E. Kelley, 'Reading and the Problem of …
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