Record Number: 27200
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Sharon Turner (lawyer) to John Murray, 31 January 1822: 'Mr. Shadwell, whom I have just seen, has told me that he had read "Cain" some time ago, -- that he thinks it contains nothing but what a bookseller can be fairly justified in publishing, that it is not worse in many parts than "Paradise Regained" and in "Paradise Lost" [...] He is King's Counsel and a religious man. He thinks it can hurt no reasonable mind. He will lead the case.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1821 and 31 Jan 1822
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Timen/a
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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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Barrister
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Cain, a Mystery
Genre:Bible, Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by John Murray, together with Byron's plays Sardanapalus and The Two Foscari, December 1821
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27200
Source:Samuel Smiles
Editor:n/a
Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:1
Page:428
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 1, p. 428, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27200, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Shadwell was retained by Murray to apply to the Chancellor (Lord Eldon) for an injunction to protect Murray from pirate publishers of text; Murray was concerned that this might be refused, were text to be judged as blasphemous (see p.428 in source).
