Record Number: 8518
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Felicia Browne to Matthew Nicholson, 17 July 1811: 'I have been reading lately the memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with his discourses to the Royal Academy, & I am so enthusiastic an admirer of the beauties of painting, that I derived both pleasure and instruction from the perusal [...] I have also [underlined]been guilty[end underlined] of reading a [underlined]Romance[end underlined] [...] It is "The Scottish Chiefs," by Miss Porter, & though I am by no means an Advocate for [underlined]Historical[end underlined] Novels as they bewilder our ideas, by confounding truth with fiction, yet this animated Authoress has painted her Hero [...] in such glowing colours, that you cannot avoid catching a spark of her own enthusiasm".
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jul 1811 and 17 Jul 1811
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:25 Sep 1793
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
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:The Scottish Chiefs
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1810
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8518
Source:n/a
Editor:Susan J. Wolfson
Title:Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials
Place of Publication:Princeton
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:476
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials, (Princeton, 2000), p. 476, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8518, accessed: 06 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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