Record Number: 16629
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Madam, I am really ashamed of not having answered your very obliging and interesting letter, and not hving acknowledged the receipt of the pretty poem which you have done me the honour of submitting to my perusal. The fact is, I have been confined to my room for several days, and though I have run through your entertaining M.S., I have by no means given that attention to it which it deserves, and which alone would entitle me to give you an opinion upon it.... I can, from the very cursory perusal I have hitherto made of it, say very truly that it gave me great pleasure, and is both an elegant and poetical work...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1812
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:21 Nov 1773
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Whig politician
Religion:unknown
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:Poems on the Female Character
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:16629
Source:A.G. L'Estrange
Editor:n/a
Title:The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1882
Vol:1
Page:71
Additional Comments:
Letter from Lord Holland to Miss Mitford, undated
Citation:
A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 71, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16629, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
