Record Number: 24318
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Letter from Mrs Ward to the Society of Authors when that body recommended Herbert Spencer not George Meredith for the Nobel Prize] If Mr Meredith had written nothing but the love scenes in "Richard Feverel"; "The Egoist"; and certain passages of description in "Vittoria" and "Beauchamp's Career", he would still stand at the head of English "dichtung" [the quality Mrs Ward thought the prize should reward] There is no critic now who can be ranged with him in position, and no poet. As a man of letters he is easily first; to compare Mr Spencer's power of clear statement with the play of imaginative genius in Meredith would be absurd - in the literary field'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 19 Jan 1902
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
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:11 Jun 1851
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Social Science, Politics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:24318
Source:Janet Penrose Trevelyan
Editor:n/a
Title:The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1923
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Page:180-1
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward, (London, 1923), p. 180-1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24318, accessed: 19 April 2024
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