Record Number: 27457
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 19 April 1843: 'I was at a committee this morning, when I heard a gentleman say: "My friend, Mr. Bouverie, got hold of Lady Sale's book yesterday evening and sat reading it till five o'clock this morning. In fact, he passed the night with Lady Sale instead of with his own wife. I mention this as one of the sins for which, as a publisher, you will some of these days have to account.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 18 Apr 1843 and 19 Apr 1843
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Timemorning
night
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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
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Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Journal [of experience of retreat from Afghanistan]
Genre:Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Military
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by John Murray, 1843
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27457
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:507
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 507, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27457, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Head also thanks Murray for a copy of the text, which he has not had time or power of concentration to read, being 'too overjoyed' at his son's return after seven years in India. Lady Sale was the wife of Sir Robert H. Sale, British general commanding forces in Afghanistan; see p.506 in source for further background details.