Record Number: 3998
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Poor fellow! I really pity him; for his last numbers of the Fors [Clavigera] seem to imply growing distraction of mind, wh. is scarcely compatible with perfect sanity. Yet nobody can write better than he does still at times. I wish I could discover his secret for saying stinging things; but I suppose the secret is in a morbid sensibility wh. one would scarcely take, even for the power wh. gives it. He is a terrible wasted force.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:1876
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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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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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Fors [Clavigera]
Genre:Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3998
Source:Leslie Stephen
Editor:John Bicknell
Title:The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882 The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882
Place of Publication:Ohio State University Press
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:1
Page:177
Additional Comments:
Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (22/6/1876).
Citation:
Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882 The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882 , (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 177, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3998, accessed: 22 November 2024
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