Record Number: 25877
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 6 November 1807: 'Lady Elizabeth [Foster, Lady Harriet's father's mistress] went to the play last night and I dined alone with my father. Till desert it was a very rapid and silent performance, but we then talked a great deal and I felt very much at my ease with him [...] We [...] talked about the Edinburgh Review and the Hint to a young reviewer, that I sent you, which he thinks very clever. Upon this subject he was really formidable, for in asking me what I thought of different parts, both of the review and the criticism of it, he questioned me so closely, contradicted me so flatly or agreed with me so cautiously, that it was more like a trial than a conversation, and I got up from this cross examination with my face as hot as fire and my hands as cold as ice.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1807 and 5 Nov 1807
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:1748
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:5th Duke of Devonshire
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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:'Hint to a Young Reviewer'
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown
Publication Details[?in the Edinburgh Review
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25877
Source:n/a
Editor:Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer
Title:Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1940
Vol:n/a
Page:235-236
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 235-236, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25877, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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