Record Number: 13411
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have just read "The Abbot"; it is far above common novels, but of very inferior execution to his others, and hardly worth reading. He has exhausted the subject of Scotland, and worn out the few characters that the early periods of Scotch history ould supply him with. Meg Merrilies appears afresh in every novel'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 3 Sep 1820
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Foston
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 Abbot
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13411
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:364
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 364, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13411, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to J.A. Murray