Record Number: 13403
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Walter Scott seems to me the same sort of thing laboured in a very inferior way, and more careless, with many repetitions of himself. Caleb is overdone. Sir W. and Lady Ashton are very good characters, and the meeting of the two coaches and six the best scene in the book. The catastophe is shocking and disgusting'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 28 Jun 1819
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: York
county: Yorkshire
(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:3 Jun 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:clergyman
Religion:Christian
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 Bride of Lammermoor
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Sent by Archibald Constable - not known if owned or borrowed
Source Information:
Record ID:13403
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:330
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 330, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13403, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Lord Lansdowne