Record Number: 13402
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am truly obliged by your kindness in sendng me the last novel of Walter Scott. It would be profanation to call him Mr Walter Scott. I should as soon say Mr Shakespeare or Mr Fielding. Sir William and Lady Ashton are excellent, and highly dramatic. Drumthwackett is very well done; parts of Caleb are excellent. Some of the dialogues between Bucklaw and Craigengelt are as good as can be, and both these characters very well imagined. [italics] As the Author has left off writing [end italics], I shall not again be disturbed so much in my ordinary occupations. When I get hold of one of these novels, turnips, sermons and justice business are all forgotten'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 28 Jun 1819
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: York
county: Yorkshire
(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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bride of Lammermoor
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Sent by Archibald Constable - not known if owned or borrowed
Source Information:
Record ID:13402
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:328
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 328, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13402, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Archibald Constable
