Record Number: 26590

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Tuesday, 28 March 1826: 'Reading at intervals a novel called Grandby [sic] one of that very difficult class which aspires to describe the actual current of society; whose colours are so evanescent that it is difficult to fix them on the canvas. It is well written but over labourd -- too much attempt to put the reader exactly up to the thoughts and sentiments of the parties -- The women do this better -- Edgeworth, Ferrier, Austen have all had their portraits of real society far superior to anything Man vain Man has produced of the like nature.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1826 and 28 Mar 1826

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Abbotsford

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:

Walter Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

T. H. Lister

Title:

Granby

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1826

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26590

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter Scott

Editor:

W. E. K. Anderson

Title:

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

121

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 121, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26590, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None