Record Number: 20360
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Of his poem Waterloo she writes: "These are my honest opinions, just as I should give them to any third person: and let me fairly add that I by no means expected to be so much pleased. Whatever subject draws universal attention, sets 'every goose cackling', every newspaper declaiming, descanting, admiring, lamenting, exaggerating, it is harder for a poet to handle than Swift's broomstick itself, and I protest, I thought Waterloo such a hopeless one that I was almost vexed at your undertaking it. But you have wonderfully avoided the commonplace".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:From: 1 Jan 1815
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
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:12 Aug 1757
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
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:Field of Waterloo, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20360
Source:Louisa Stuart
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1926
Vol:n/a
Page:11
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The, (London, 1926), p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20360, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The text before the quotation is from Johnson's introduction - the text quoted does not appear to be in one of the letters printed.
