Record Number: 2272
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Have you read 'Zanoni'? And do you relish the gathering up of dropped (or strewed) Platonisms, & forming them into such a crown of glory, - of holy radiance, as the moral of that book? Nothing wd. beforehand have persuaded me that such an allegory as that wd. be given us in our day, - though I had caught glimpses in Bulwer's mind of higher powers & better thoughts than he had been used to give out. But this book is such a spring above all his former efforts - such a soaring - as has surprised me: - & others, to judge by the pertinacity of some people in declaring that he cd. not have meant the allegory we hold between our hands; - a thing they might as well say of the maker of a clock, or a county map.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 5 Sep 1843
Country:England
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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:12 Jun 1802
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Zanoni
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:2272
Source:Manuscript
Author:Harriet Martineau
Title:Letter to Caroline Clive, 5 Sept 1843
Location:Private collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford.
Call No:MS Whitfield C13
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Letter to Caroline Clive, 5 Sept 1843, Private collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford., MS Whitfield C13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2272, accessed: 22 November 2024
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