Record Number: 13414
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am much obliged by your kindness in sending me The Pirate. You know how much I admire the genius of the author, but even that has its limits and is exhaustible. I am afraid this novel will depend upon the former reputation of the author, and will add nothing to it [...] I do not blame him for writing himself out, if he knows he is doing so, and has done his [italics] best [end italics] and his [italics] all [end italics]. If the native land of Scotland will supply no more scenes and characters, for he is always best in Scotland [...] pray (wherever the scene is laid) no more [italics] Meg Merrilies and Dominie Sampson [end italics] - very good the first and second times, but now quite worn out, and always recurring. All human themes have an end (except Taxation); but I shall heartily regret my annual amusement if I am to lose it'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 21 Dec 1821
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Pirate
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
present from Constable
Source Information:
Record ID:13414
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:385
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 385, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13414, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Archibald Constable