Record Number: 19236
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I'll change my tactics [from trying to persuade Blackwood to give her a copy of "Adam Bede" out of generosity] and say you owe me compensation for an article {of} under which if the wit had been a tithe equal to the wish to abuse I might have winced with pain. As it was I only felt indignant at the bad spirit in which the review of my Life of Charlotte Bronte was written, & half inclined to offer my services to Mr Aytoun the next time he wished to have an article written which should point out with something like keen and bitter perception the short-comings of my books'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jul 1857 and 5 Mar 1859
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:Female
Date of Birth:29 Sep 1810
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer and clergyman's wife
Religion:n/a
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:Blackwood's Magazine
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsissue for July 1857
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19236
Source:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Editor:J.A.V. Chapple
Title:Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:532
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 532, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19236, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor, Arthur Pollard. Letter to John Blackwood.
