Record Number: 568
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The first opinion I have heard of it [the "Makers of Venice"] is Mr Gladstone's, to whom Mr Macmillan sent it, and who sent back to him at once a letter of four pages saying, first, that he was not going to Venice, as had been reported; and next, that he must contradict himself, and say that he had been in Venice, the book having quite given him that feeling; after which he enters into a question of Venetian political history about Bajamonte, whose very name, I should think, was unknown to most readers, but with whom this amazing old man seems intimately acquainted.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Dec 1887 and 30 Dec 1887
Country:England
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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:29 Dec 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:politician
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Makers of Venice
Genre:History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:568
Source:Margaret Oliphant
Editor:Annie Coghill
Title:The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant
Place of Publication:Leicester
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:349-50
Additional Comments:
Letter from Margaret Oliphant to Mr Blackwood, 30 December 1887
Citation:
Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant, (Leicester, 1974), p. 349-50, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=568, accessed: 07 September 2024
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