Record Number: 8019
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been reading "Emma". Everything Miss Austen writes is clever, but I desiderate something. There is a want of [italics] body [close italics] to the story. The action is frittered away in over-little things. There are some beautiful things in it. Emma herself is the most interesting to me of all her heroines. I feel kind to her whenever I think of her. But Miss Austen has no romance - none at all. What vile creatures her parsons are! she has not a dream of the high Catholic ethos. That other woman, Fairfax is a dolt - but I like Emma.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:10 Jan 1837
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:21 Feb 1801
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Cardinal
Religion:Catholic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Also known as Cardinal Newman
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Emma
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8019
Source:John Henry Newman
Editor:A Mozley
Title:Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman during his time in the English Church
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:2
Page:223
Additional Comments:
Letter to Mrs. John Mozley, 10 Jan 1837.
Citation:
John Henry Newman, A Mozley (ed.), Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman during his time in the English Church, (London, 1891), 2, p. 223, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8019, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
