Record Number: 3959

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"But if you mean seriously to ask me what critical books I recommend, I can only say that I recommend none. I think as a critic that the less authors read of criticisms the better. You, e.g., have a perfectly fresh and original vein & I think, that the less you bother yourself about critical cannons, the less chance there is of your becoming self-conscious and cramped."

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

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:

Thomas Hardy

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3959

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:

1

Vol:

1996

Page:

174

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Thomas Hardy (16/5/1876)

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882. , (Ohio State University Press, 1), 1996, p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3959, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None