Record Number: 16708
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Your last book still rolls on, gathering golden opinions, and I for one thank you, for I have been passing the last fortnight in the country, and perhaps there is no book in the world so pleasant to be on the grass with and read to a charming woman. I have only grudged the transfer of leaves from my right hand to my left, and if you had heard the "Is that all?" of my listener as I closed the last volume, you would have felt that you had not lived in vain - as who has, who has given pleasure to the world, or beguiled weariness, or refined the aspect of life?'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 20 Jul 1835 and 10 Aug 1835
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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Author
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
"a charming woman"
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Belford Regis, or, Sketches of a Country Town
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16708
Source:A.G. L'Estrange
Editor:n/a
Title:The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1882
Vol:1
Page:290
Additional Comments:
Letter from N.P. Willis to Miss Mitford, Manor House, Lee, Sunday August 10, 1835
Citation:
A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 290, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16708, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
