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Record Number: 20679


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Pray read "Tales of my Landlord". They are charming. I think there can be no doubt but that they are written by the Author of "Waverley" altho' it is not avow'd who that is. If it is not Walter Scott it is marvellous. I saw a gentleman the other day who told me that he had seen the manuscript in America in the hands of Walter Scott's Brother who there avow'd himself the Author'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 17 Dec 1816

Country:

America

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

America

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

a gentleman known to Anne Romilly



Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Scott

Title:

Tales of my Landlord

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
shown by Walter Scott's brother


Source Information:

Record ID:

20679

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Romilly

Editor:

Samuel Henry Romilly

Title:

Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

161

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818, (London, 1936), p. 161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20679, accessed: 04 December 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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