Record Number: 3734
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I always have a profound impression that human beings have been much more like each other than we fancy since they got rid of their tails & that the great outbursts of speculation or art imply some special excitement more than a radical difference in people themselves. I have even a belief that if Browning had lived 200 years ago he would have been a small Shakespeare & perhaps Tennyson a second rate Milton, though I agree that poor old Alfred has not quite the stuff in him.
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:28 Nov 1832
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:3734
Source:Leslie Stephen
Editor:John Bicknell
Title:The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882
Place of Publication:Ohio State University Press
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:1
Page:142
Additional Comments:
Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (12 October 1874).
Citation:
Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882, (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 142, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3734, accessed: 21 December 2024
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