Record Number: 2538

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"The Battle of Dorking" is written so well that I wd. gladly have written it, supposing that I had the knowledge. This I scarcely ever feel about anything I see in print.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 26 Jun 1871

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1825

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George T Chesney

Title:

Battle of Dorking

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Blackwood's Magazine

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2538

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

R.D. Blackmore

Title:

Letters

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

MS4270

Page/Folio:

105-6

Additional Information:

Letter from R.D.Blackmore to William Blackwood, 26 June 1871

Citation:

R.D. Blackmore, Letters, National Library of Scotland, MS4270, 105-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2538, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None