Record Number: 1240
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dorothy Wordsworth reflects on prospect that her brother William might turn to newspaper journalism for a living: 'This reminds me of the last Edinburgh Review which I saw at Mr. Wilson's. There never was such a compound of despicable falsehood, malevolence and folly as the concluding part of the Review of Burns's Poems (which was ... all that I thought it worth while to read being the only part in which my Brother's works are alluded to).'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1809 and 1 May 1809
Country:England
Timen/a
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:Female
Date of Birth:25 Dec 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Edinburgh Review
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsProvenance
read in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:1240
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:1
Page:326
Additional Comments:
From Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas De Quincey, 1 May [1809].
Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811, (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 326, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1240, accessed: 12 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None
