Record Number: 27412
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Callcott to John Murray (c.1835): 'Let me thank you for Mrs. Butler: very clever, very romantic, some excellent feelings, but (may I say) not as [italics]womanly[end italics] as I would have liked. A little too much of the tone of one living chiefly with men -- the green-room, in short. I have read a volume and a half [...] Mrs. Butler's "Journal" appears to me to improve as she goes on. The things to be objected to appear more seldom, and her criticisms on her own art and what is connected with it are so good that I should like to see tham separated and much enlarged. She is a clever, and moreover a shrewd observer; and setting apart the intentional descriptions, there are traits throughout that mark a strong and fine hand.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1835 and 31 Dec 1836
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Journal [of her residence in America]
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:27412
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:405-406
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 405-406, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27412, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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