Record Number: 27298
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Blackwood to John Murray (early 1815): 'Yesterday I wrote a letter of thanks to Ballantyne for the delight I had received [from Guy Mannering], and expressed my feelings in the best way I could with regard to this beautiful production. I did not of course appear in it at all as the Bookseller, but merely as the Amateur. I know he will have shown my letter to the author, and though humble the offering, as it will be the first, it may perhaps be of some use to the Bookseller.' [Source author continues] 'He [...] refers to "Guy Mannering," the first two volumes of which he had now finished, and was even more delighted with it than before [when Ballantyne had read out extracts to him].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1815 and 15 Feb 1815
Country:Scotland
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Publisher
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Guy Mannering (vols I and II)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by Ballantyne
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27298
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:454
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. 454, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27298, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
