Record Number: 3964

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I may tell you that, although your Hospital Sonnets did not seem to attract much notice at the time, as, indeed, I always thought them rather wasted on a Magazine - yet I have heard them noticed since by more than one person in a way that would please you. A friend who called here two days ago appeared to have them by heart - at least he quoted the one about the two boys with great readiness of feeling."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Ernest Henley

Title:

Hospital Sonnets

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Cornhill July 1875.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3964

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882.

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1

Vol:

1996

Page:

176

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to W. E. Henley (17/6/1876)

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882. , (Ohio State University Press, 1), 1996, p. 176, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3964, accessed: 07 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None