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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Record Number: 3754


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

G. H. Hardy on Marie Corelli's Ardath: "'The most striking feature of the book ... is the colossal number of notes of exclamation -- I counted 39 in 3 pages.'"

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1895

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

G. H. Hardy

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Mathematician

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Marie Corelli

Title:

Ardath

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3754

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

800

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 800, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3754, accessed: 10 November 2024


Additional Comments:

Quotation from MS letter from G. H. Hardy to R. C. K. Ensor.

   
   
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