Record Number: 27317
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Blackwood to John Murray (May 1817): 'What a treat you have given to Mrs. B. and me in "Riley"! I never read anything so affecting and interesting. We cried over it yesterday like children. Surprising and almost incredible as the events are, yet there is a verity and touching simplicity, with a natural eloquence of language, which have perhaps never been surpassed. Our philosophers laugh at religious feeling, but if it were no more than a matter of taste, if they thought justly, they would acknowledge its power.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 30 Apr 1817 and 31 May 1817
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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:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Bookseller and wife
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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:The Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American Brig Commerce, on the Western Coast of Africa, with the sufferings of her surviving Officers and Crew
Genre:Other religious, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by John Murray, 1817
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27317
Source:Samuel Smiles
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Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:2
Page:28-29
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 28-29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27317, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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