Record Number: 26601
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Tuesday, 17 October 1826: 'Read over Sir John Chiverton and Brambletye House, novels in what I may surely claim as the stile [quotes from Jonathan Swift, "On the Death of Dr. Swift," lls. 57-8] '"Which I was born to introduce Refined it first and showd its use." 'They are both clever books, one in imitation of the days of chivalry, the other by John Smith [...] dated in the time of the civil wars and introducing historical characters. I read both with great interest during the journey [to London].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 11 Oct 1826 and 17 Oct 1826
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: En route between Abbotsford, Scotland, and London, England.
Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Brambletye House
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26601
Source: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:213
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26601, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See p.213 n.5 in source for account of Scott's refusal to read Brambletye House until he had completed his own fiction about the Civil War, Woodstock.
