Record Number: 16825

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It is not my interest to recommend it but in justice to what I owe to your amusement I must advise you to read the Lettres du Marquis de Roselle, if you have not yet seen them. They are written by the wife of Monsieur Beaumont who has got so much credit by defending the family of Calas. I do not recommend the boasted Siege of Calais to you, though it contains some good lines, but the conduct is woeful.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 17 Apr 1765

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Horace Walpole

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Sep 1717

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Politician

Religion:

Protestant

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy

Title:

Le Siege de Calais

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1765

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16825

Source:

Print

Author:

Horace Walpole

Editor:

W.S. Lewis

Title:

Horace Walpole Correspondence

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1755

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

Horace Walpole to Rev. William Mason, Wednesday 17th April 1765.

Citation:

Horace Walpole, W.S. Lewis (ed.), Horace Walpole Correspondence, (1755), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16825, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None