Record Number: 30313

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I cannot resist the desire to thank you for one of the finest & loftiest works of historical imagination I have ever read.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

From: Nov 1890

Country:

n/a

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:

Henry E. Card (?)

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

archbishop

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lew Wallace

Title:

Ben-Hur

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30313

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Henry E. Card (?)

Title:

Wallace MSS.

Location:

University of Indiana

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

fan mail to Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur

Citation:

Henry E. Card (?), Wallace MSS., University of Indiana, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30313, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Archbishop Card found Ben-Hur of "surpassing beauty" and added: "The splendid Orientalism is very fascinating."