Record Number: 12191

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In discussing Meredith's "Evan Harrington" (1861) in a letter to Campbell, Arthur reveals his Victorian-orientated interst in the autobiographical element in novels: "... there is really a wonderful sympathy & tenderness towards the suffering Lady Dunstane. Does it not seem as if she may be, at least in some points, his wife? I should like to think so."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1885 and 24 Oct 1885

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Arthur Symons

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Feb 1865

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

preacher's son, later poet

Religion:

Wesleyan, later none

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Meredith

Title:

Evan Harrington

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12191

Source:

Print

Author:

Karl Beckson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arthur Symons. A Life

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Karl Beckson, Arthur Symons. A Life, (Oxford, 1987), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12191, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a 24th October 1885 letter to Campbell, held at the British Library