Record Number: 7762
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the evening we all went over to the Camerons. Several Pre-Raphaelite artists were there to meet Tennyson; Hunt and Rossetti and one or two whose names I did not gather. Lear was there also and sang a great many of his compositions to Tennyson's words. They are mostly very pretty things but he has no voice, and, on the whole, it is rather painful to listen to him. When they were all gone Tennyson read us his own Morte d'Arthur, and that really was a pleasure. It is a poem I have always been fond of.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:3 Nov 1857
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:n/a
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
Date of Birth:6 Aug 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Charles Schreiber and a number of Pre-Raphaelites
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Morte d'Arthur
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7762
Source:Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Editor:Earl of Bessborough
Title:Lady Charlotte Screiber: Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1952
Vol:n/a
Page:72
Additional Comments:
Journal entry: 3 Nov 1857
Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Screiber: Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7762, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
