Record Number: 20608
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The review [by Maria Edgeworth] of "Les Peines et les Recompenses" [French edition by Dumont of Bentham's treatise] cannot please Sir Js Mackintosh because it expresses sentiments on [italics] utility [end italics] different from those which he has endeavored, contrary to his conscience, to establish in compliment we suppose to Madame de Stael, in his "Edinburgh Review" of her "Allemagne".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 30 Sep 1814
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edgeworth's Town
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 May 1744
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Edinburgh Review [review of Madame de Stael's 'De l'Allemagne']
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Source Information:
Record ID:20608
Source:Anne Romilly
Editor:Samuel Henry Romilly
Title:Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1936
Vol:n/a
Page:88
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818, (London, 1936), p. 88, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20608, accessed: 09 May 2025
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