Record Number: 13051
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I do not like your Tragedy; there is little interest in it; no material fault but the absence of anything very good. I am not the less obliged to you for sending it. You will hate me for giving you my true opinion, but you have asked me to do so and in such matters I never deceive'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 29 Oct 1829
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Taunton
county: Devon
specific address: Combe Florey
(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:3 Jun 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:writer and clergyman
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Epicharis
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailswas printed in Oct 1829, but it sounds like Smith may have been reading a MS
Provenanceborrowed (other)
sent by Lister
Source Information:
Record ID:13051
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:II
Page:504
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), II, p. 504, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13051, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to T.H. Lister