Record Number: 27297
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the beginning of Janaury 1815 Blackwood wrote to Murray that he had seen Ballantyne, and found a copy of "Guy Mannering" lying on his table [from which Ballantyne had read to him] [...] Blackwood had also seen and read "The Lord of the Isles," avowedly by Scott, but he was grievously disappointed by it.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1815 and 15 Jan 1815
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Publisher
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Lord of the Isles
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn quarto
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27297
Source:Samuel Smiles
Editor:n/a
Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:1
Page:453
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 1, p. 453, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27297, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None