Record Number: 22022

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Alfred Tennyson to the Duke of Argyll, from the Temple, London, on return from French holiday of summer 1861: 'I had intended to write yesterday [...] and I scarce know why I did not: perhaps because in these chambers I had lighted on an old and not unclever novel Zohrab the Hostage; partly perhaps because I had fallen into a muse about human vanities and "the glories of our blood and state" (do you know those grand old lines of Shirley's?) [...] however, what with the novel and the musing fit, I let the post slip'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 May 1861 and 30 Oct 1861

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Temple

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:

Alfred Tennyson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Aug 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

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:

Title:

Zohrab the Hostage

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22022

Source:

Print

Author:

Hallam Tennyson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1897

Vol:

1

Page:

476

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 1, p. 476, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22022, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None