Record Number: 25764
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read a little more of "Amelia", which is about the worst planned story I ever read - no plan at all in fact; "Gil Blas" has always some tangled connection and momentary interest; "Don Quixote" is so intensely amusing that the want of plan is easily forgiven; but to bring on a storm merely that a hero may escape in a boat is the kind of thing I had not expected to find in what is said to be one of the first of English novels. The irony is forced, and the feeling bad; but the characters are highly and equisitely finished, and clearly conceived.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 15 Dec 1840
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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:Male
Date of Birth:8 Feb 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:art critic and social critic
Religion:Church of England (evangelical)
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Gil Blas
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:25764
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Joan Evans
Title:The diaries of John Ruskin
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1956
Vol:1
Page:125
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin, (Oxford, 1956), 1, p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25764, accessed: 17 August 2024
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