Record Number: 20504
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I ought to have thanked you for "Redgauntlet" a fortnight ago, but I stayed to read it, and then to read it again. It has taken my fancy very particularly, though (not to flatter you) I could almost wonder why: for there is no story in it, no love, no hero - unless Redgauntlet himself, who would be such a one as the Devil in Milton; yet in spite of all these wants, the interest is so strong one cannot lay it down, and I prophesy for it a great deal of mauling and abuse, and a second edition before the maulers know where they are'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 15 Jun 1824 and 29 Jun 1824
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Glucester Place
(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:11 Aug 1757
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Redgauntlet
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
received from Scott
Source Information:
Record ID:20504
Source:Louisa Stuart
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1926
Vol:n/a
Page:203
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The, (London, 1926), p. 203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20504, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Walter Scott