Record Number: 1761

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'De Quincey recalled the time ... when he persuaded W[ordsworth] to read [Harriet] Lee's The German's Tale: 'This most splendid tale I put into the hands of Wordsworth; and, for once, having, I suppose, nothing else to read, he condescended to run through it. I shall not report his opinion, which, in fact, was no opinion ... "'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Harriet Lee

Title:

German's Tale, The

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In vol. 4 (1801) of Sophia and Harriet Lee, Canterbury Tales (5 vols, 1797-1805)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1761

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

133

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1761, accessed: 05 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 250 of Wu (1995); quotation from David Masson, ed., The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey (14 vols, 1889-90) 3:205.