Record Number: 27327
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
The Marchioness of Abercorn to John Murray, 4 December 1817, in reponse to a gift of books: '[The Marquess of Abercorn] returns Walpole, as he says since the age of fifteen he has read so much Grecian history and antiquity that he has these last ten years been sick of the subject. He does not like Ellis's account of "The Embassy to China," but is pleased with Macleod's narrative. He bids me tell you to say the best and what is least obnoxious of the [former] book. The composition and the narrative are so thoroughly wretched that he should be ashamed to let it stand in his library.'
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
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Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Marquess of Abercorn
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Grecian history and antiquity'
Genre:Classics, History, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:27327
Source:Samuel Smiles
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Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:2
Page:63
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 63, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27327, accessed: 28 September 2024
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