When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Rev. Thomas Moore, "Beggar's Petition" (1.1)
- Alexander Pope, "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady" (1.4)
- Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (1.5)
- James Thomson, "Spring" (16)
- Shakespeare, Othello, Act 3, Scene 3(1.7)
- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1 (1.8)
- William Shakespeare, Twelfth-Night, Act 2, Scene 4 (1.9)
- Henry Fielding, Tom Jones (1.10, 7.34)
- Samuel Richardson, article in The Rambler, No. 97, Vol. 2 (3.51)
- Samuel Johnson (publisher) The Rambler (3.51)
- Joseph Addison and Richard Steele (publishers) The Spectator (5.4)
- John Milton (5.4)
- Alexander Pope (5.4)
- Matthew Prior (5.4)
- Laurence Sterne (5.4)
- Fanny Burney, Cecelia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress (5.4)
- Fanny Burney, Camilla; Or, A Picture of Youth (5.4, 7.39, 7.43, 14.28)
- Belinda, Belinda (5.4)
- Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho (6.4, 6.8, 7.32-35, 7.54, 8.1, 11.13, 14.4, 14.10, 4.17, 20.15, 23.13)
- Ann Radcliffe, The Italian (6.8)
- Eliza Parson, Castle of Wolfenbach (6.10)
- Regina Maria Roche, Clermont: A Tale (6.10)
- Eliza Parsons, Mysterious Warnings (6.10)
- Lawrence Flammenberg, The Necromancer (6.10)
- Francis Lathom, The Midnight Bell: A German Story Founded on Incidents in Real Life (6.10)
- Eleanor Sleath, The Orphan of the Rhine: A Romance (6.10)
- Carl Grosse, Horrid Mysteries: A Story from the German of the Marquis of Grosse (6.10)
- Miss Andrews, character reference to Samuel Richardson, Pamela (6.12, 15.14)
- Samuel Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison (6.31)
- Anne Radcliffe (7.36-37, 14.26)
- Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk (7.34)
- James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (14.14)
- Hugh Blair (14.14)
- David Hume (14.23)
- William Robertson (14.23)
- Picturesque (14.27)
- The Mirror (periodical) (30.6
Historical References
- Richard III (1.1)
- Caractacus (14.23)
- Agricola (14.23)
- Alfred the Great (14.23)
- The Protestant Reformation (17.13)
- Benjamin Thompson, count von Rumford (20.26)
Geography and Places
- Upper Assembly Rooms, Bath (2.8, innumerable times after this)
- Pump-room, Bath (3.1, innumerable times after that)
- Lower Assembly Rooms, Bath, (3.2, innumerable times after that)
- Oxford University (4.2, 7.11, 7.19, 9.23-24)
- Merchant Taylors' Company School in London (4.2)
- Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent (4.7)
- The Royal Crescent, Bath (5.1 first reference)
- Claverton Down, east of Bath (9.3)
- Bristol (11.18-19)
- Blaize Castle (11.21-29)
- Beechen Cliff (14.1)
- Richmond, London suburb (15.21)