Record Number: 5059
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I send you by George (who in Fred?s absence on business, is kind enough to be the bearer of this) the volume which contains the Life of Savage. I have turned down the leaf. Now do read it attentively; if you do, I know from your excellent understanding you will be delighted. If you slur it, you will think it dry.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1835 and 31 Oct 1835
Country:UK
Timemorning
afternoon
evening
daytime
night
London
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:7 Feb 1812
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Journalist, writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:UK
Country of Experience:UK
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:An account of the life of Mr. Richard Savage
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsOriginally published 1744
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5059
Source:Charles Dickens
Editor:Madeline House
Title:The letters of Charles Dickens
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1965
Vol:1
Page:85
Additional Comments:
Additional editor: Graham Storey. The Pilgrim edition. Letter to Catherine Hogarth from Charles Dickens dated 29/10/1835.
Citation:
Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The letters of Charles Dickens, (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 85, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5059, accessed: 03 March 2026
Additional Comments:
Although this does not prove that Catherine Hogarth read the book, the very fact that Dickens advised her to do so indicates that he himself has read it.
