Record Number: 27164

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

S. T. Coleridge to John Murray, 26 March 1817: 'I read Southey's article [...] It is, in my judgement, a very masterly article.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1817 and 26 Mar 1817

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:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Robert Southey

Title:

article on Parliamentary Reform

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Quarterly Review, published by John Murray, February 1817

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27164

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

305-306

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 1, p. 305-306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27164, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

Text identified by source ed.; see note to p.306.