Record Number: 30257

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading Lowell's Essay on Wordsworth after Shairp and he suits me much better. He is rather caustic and amusing, and his writing is as neat as if it was French, also he does not soar higher than I can reach.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 19 May 1891

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Emma Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Russell Lowell

Title:

Literary Essays

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1891

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30257

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

2

Page:

292

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, 19 April, 1891.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 292, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30257, accessed: 07 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None