Record Number: 27187

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (1816): 'Thank you for Holcroft's "Life," which is extremely curious and interesting [...] I send you a book; pray read it -- "Lady Calantha Limb." The authoress, actuated by a holy zeal, says in her preface that she is resolved to turn me into ridicule. She chooses an easy task -- too easy, I fear -- yet fails, and makes a most blundering business. Wit's razor's edge she has not, but an unkind tongue to make up for it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 5 Nov 1816 and 31 Dec 1816

Country:

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Time

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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:

Lady Caroline Lamb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

?Thomas ?Holcroft

Title:

Life [?of Thomas Holcroft]

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27187

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:

379

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 1, p. 379, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27187, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Not clear whether Holcroft the author or subject (or both) of text.