Record Number: 18414
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After my visit to Mrs [-], I returned home, and read Miss Seward's Letters. I think them very entertaining, though the style is much too laboured and affected for letter-writing. She is a clever woman, and they contain much reflection and criticism; there is more in them than the generality of published letters, but not one atom of simplicity or nature. In one of her letters to Walter Scott, she praises C. S.[harpe?]'s poetry, which pleases me, and will him, still more'.
Century:1800-1849
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:18 Feb 1775
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Lady-in-waiting
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Country of Origin:Scotland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letters
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:18414
Source:Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:II
Page:125
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Citation:
Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), II, p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18414, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
The chronology of the journal is so vexed that it is difficult to ascertain dates - 1815-20