Record Number: 12187
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In June, a three-volume novel titled "Circe's Lovers" appeared, written by Leith Derwent (the pseudonym of John Veitch), a friend of Osborne. Interested in this novelist principally because Osborne knew him, Arthur wrote a lengthy letter to his friend praising the novel as "a very clever book... powerfully and thrillingly written" but "too sensational" for his taste.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1883 and 13 Jul 1883
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:28 Feb 1865
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:preacher's son, later poet
Religion:Wesleyan, later none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Circe's Lovers
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12187
Source:Karl Beckson
Editor:n/a
Title:Arthur Symons. A Life
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:n/a
Page:19-20
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Karl Beckson, Arthur Symons. A Life, (Oxford, 1987), p. 19-20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12187, accessed: 02 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a 13th July 1883 letter to Osborne held at Princeton