Record Number: 571
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dear Mrs Oliphant, - It is with ceaseless admiration that I have read 'The Duke's Daughter'. My remembrance of what you had told me respecting the origin of your inclination to undertake the narrative put me into the mood for studying it, if so one may speak, instead of too placidly 'reading' your delightful pages, and the effect of this special care was such as to make me think more - more even than ever before - of what - distinguished from 'fancy' - I should call that sound, healthy, that strong Imagination of yours which tells you, and lets you tell others, the very, very truth.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1890 and Mar 1890
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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:5 Aug 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Lawyer and writer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Duke's Daughter
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book, Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:571
Source:Margaret Oliphant
Editor:Annie (Mrs Harry) Coghill
Title:The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:1974
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Page:366-7
Additional Comments:
Letter from A.W.Kinglake to Mrs Oliphant, 19 March [1890]
Citation:
Margaret Oliphant, Annie (Mrs Harry) Coghill (ed.), The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant, (1974), p. 366-7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=571, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Later in the same letter, Kinglake compares Oliphant to Shakespeare.
