Record Number: 16722
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'i have read Bulwer's "Rienzi" and yours also. I always thought your tragedy the best of your works, and I think so still. It is a glorious thing. I like Bulwer's too, very much, but unless there were historical ground for the love between a Colonna and the family of Rienzi, he has injured his work by the introduction. It is so palpably an imitation of the tragedy and with much less effect...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 4 Feb 1836
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city
Type of Experience(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:12 Mar 1799
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Author
Religion:unknown
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:Rienzi
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16722
Source:A.G. L'Estrange
Editor:n/a
Title:The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1882
Vol:1
Page:306-7
Additional Comments:
Letter from Mary Howitt to Miss Mitford, Nottingham, February 4, 1836
Citation:
A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 306-7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16722, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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