Record Number: 13236
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I always tell you all the books worth notice that I read, and I rather counsel you to read Jacob's "Spain", a book with some good sense in it, and not unentertaining; also, by all means, the first volume of Franklin's Letters. I will disinherit you if you do not admire everything written by Franklin. In addition to all other good qualities, he was thoroughly honest'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 30 Nov 1816
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Yorkshire
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:3 Jun 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Clergyman
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsvol i of Life and Letters (1817), though numbered vol. ii
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13236
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:271
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 271, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13236, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Lady Mary Bennet