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Record Number: 2272


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Have you read 'Zanoni'? And do you relish the gathering up of dropped (or strewed) Platonisms, & forming them into such a crown of glory, - of holy radiance, as the moral of that book? Nothing wd. beforehand have persuaded me that such an allegory as that wd. be given us in our day, - though I had caught glimpses in Bulwer's mind of higher powers & better thoughts than he had been used to give out. But this book is such a spring above all his former efforts - such a soaring - as has surprised me: - & others, to judge by the pertinacity of some people in declaring that he cd. not have meant the allegory we hold between our hands; - a thing they might as well say of the maker of a clock, or a county map.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 5 Sep 1843

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Unitarian

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:

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Title:

Zanoni

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2272

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Title:

Letter to Caroline Clive, 5 Sept 1843

Location:

Private collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford.

Call No:

MS Whitfield C13

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Letter to Caroline Clive, 5 Sept 1843, Private collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford., MS Whitfield C13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2272, accessed: 03 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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