Record Number: 27151
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Isaac D'Israeli to John Murray (1815): 'I have just finished Miss Williams's narrative [...] I consider it a [italics]a capital work[end italics], written with great skill, talent, and care; full of curious and new developments, and some facts which we did not know before. There breathes through the whole a most attractive spirit, and her feelings sometimes break out in the most beautiful effusions [...] it must be popular, as it is the most entertaining [book] imaginable; one of those books one does not like to quit before finishing it.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1815 and 31 Dec 1815
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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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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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:Narrative of Events in France in 1815
Genre:History, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by John Murray, late 1815
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27151
Source:Samuel Smiles
Editor:n/a
Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:1
Page:280-281
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 1, p. 280-281, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27151, accessed: 13 March 2025
Additional Comments:
Copy of text sent to D'Israeli by Murray; see p.280 in source.
