Record Number: 27445
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Palgrave to John Murray: 'I have many thanks to give you for the kind present of my cousin's "Letters on Esthonia [ apparently Letters from the Baltic]," with which, not only myself, but all our boys are delighted. I read the book to them for a treat at night, and we all enjoy the lively descriptions and the clever details extremely. The writer seems to me to unite all a woman's delicacy and discrimination in home scenes and views with a want of diffuseness which is very unusual in a woman's writing. I think, too, that there is a great evidence of originality and of being [italics]undoctored[end italics], if I may use such a term, which gives much interest to Miss Rigby's work.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1835 and 31 Dec 1845
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Timeevening
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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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Reader's sons
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Letters from Esthonia' [?i.e. Letters from the Baltic]
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by John Murray
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27445
Source:Samuel Smiles
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Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:2
Page:441-442
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 441-442, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27445, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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