Record Number: 27401
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Gally Knight to John Murray, 17 February 1831: 'I have seen the second volume of Moore's "Life of Byron," and though it can be matter of surprise to no one to find himself the object of the spleen of the noble author, yet I confess I [italics]am surprised[end italics] at seeing myself so gratuitously offered up as a victim to the public [comments further] [...] The second volume appears to me to be neither more nor less than "Don Juan" in prose, and I cannot say how much I regret to see Lord Byron's amours so openly paraded before the public. It is an indecorous exhibition, and but too likely to do harm, for young men will admire [italics]the whole[end italics] of the life, because it belonged to genius; and will imitate the only part of it with which metal superiority had nothing to do.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1831 and 17 Feb 1831
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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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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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Life of Byron
Genre:Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by John Murray, January 1831
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Source Information:
Record ID:27401
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:2
Page:323
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 323, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27401, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Source author notes, 'In the second volume of the Life [of Byron], references were made to Mr. Gally Knight's "Poems," and "Persian Tales." Mr. Knight was dissatisfied with the allusions to his works' (p.323).