Record Number: 2349
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Balzac's] short works although not new are exquisite - La Recherche de L'Absolu- Eugenie Grandet- Modeste Mignon- The last good cheap English books that I remember were the holy verses by Dr. Kitto, & Duffy's Irish Songs & Ballads- For my own part I have been reading 21 volumes of Mirabeau & about as long of Memoires of that great statesman... What a story- & what a man! If you never read Lucas Montigny's Memoires from Mirabeau sa famille & ses ecrits. Do I conjure you. It is the most graphic book in that language of graphic memoires...Macaulay's book is very able- but one wished to find a greater sympathy especially with misfortune - He really likes nobody except that odious Dutchman.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 1848
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:16 Dec 1787
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
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:La Recherche de L'Absolu
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsRead in French
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2349
Source:Manuscript
Author:Mary Russell Mitford
Title:Letter to Caroline Clive, nd, early 1848
Location:Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford
Call No:MS Whitfield A218
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
fragment of letter
Citation:
Mary Russell Mitford, Letter to Caroline Clive, nd, early 1848, Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford, MS Whitfield A218, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2349, accessed: 22 November 2024
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