Record Number: 11236
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Yesterday morning I received the enclosed note from that most conceited and not over-well-bred Mons. de Lamartine. I desired my friend Madame Belloc to use her own discretion in reporting my criticisms on his Histoire des Girondins, but requested that she would convey to him the thanks and admiration of our family for the manner in which he mentioned the Abbe Edgeworth, and our admiration of the beauty of the writing of that whole passage in the work... I feel, and I am sure so will you and Mr. Butler, "What an egotist and what a puppy it is!" But ovation has turned his head.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1847 and 13 Nov 1847
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edgeworthstown
county: Ireland
(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:Female
Date of Birth:1767
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Novelist
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Alphonse-Marie-Louis Prat de Lamartine
Title:Histoire des Girondins
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1847; read in the original French
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11236
Source:Maria Edgeworth
Editor:Augustus J.C. Hare
Title:The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1894
Vol:2
Page:330-331
Additional Comments:
Letter from Maria Edgeworth to Mrs. R. Butler, from Edgeworthstown, 13 Nov, 1847.
Citation:
Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J.C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London, 1894), 2, p. 330-331, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11236, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
This is the last letter of Maria Edgeworth recorded in the 2 volumes.
