Record Number: 17124
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I ought to have written long ago to thank you, both for Percy & myself for your welcome Volume. It tries hard to be as great a favourite as the first - and "Wit and Humour" do their best to rival "Imagination and Fancy". You and Chaucer help them very much - but they are at a disadvantage. Surprize is said to be one of the ingredients of Wit - & it is deprived of that when at every turn of a page you are sure to find it Wit & humour also want a voice - & when read in silence can never raise the laugh that they excite in a sociable circle - thus indeed you [sic] new volume ought to be an Xmas gift & brought out with King and Queen & forfeits amid its festivities' [letter to Leigh Hunt]
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 12 Nov 1846
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 24 Chester Square
(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:30 Aug 1797
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
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:Wit and Humour
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
given by Hunt
Source Information:
Record ID:17124
Source:n/a
Editor:Betty T. Bennett
Title:The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Place of Publication:Baltimore / London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:III
Page:300
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (Baltimore / London, 1988), III, p. 300, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17124, accessed: 18 April 2024
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