Record Number: 3883

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Payn showed me yesterday an article of yours upon a Miss Grant of whom I confess, I have heard for the first time; but I thought the whole really well written & feel that you will be able to command a market for such wares & in better periodicals (if I may say so) than London."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

11 Jul 1877

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Leslie Stephen

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Ernest Henley

Title:

Miss Grant

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

N. XXIII in a series of essays on women novelists (London, 3/2/1877 - 21/7/1877). 'Miss Grant' appeared on 7/7/1877.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3883

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

213

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to W. E. Henley (12/7/1877)

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882, (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3883, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None