Record Number: 30314

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Pray make what use you like of the letter I wrote regarding Ben-Hur, to Lady Eardley. Few books that I have read have given me greater pleasure and I thoroughly appreciate the high and noble purpose which has evidently directed its composition. I look forward to reading it again one of these days and I am glad to tell you that others who have read it on my recommendation have been as delighted with it as myself.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1891

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Portsmouth
county: Hampshire

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:

John Vertue

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

28 Apr 1826

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Bishop of Portsmouth

Religion:

Roman Catholic

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:

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:

30314

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

John Vertue

Title:

Wallace MSS.

Location:

University of Indiana

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

permission to use his earlier letter, to a Lady Eardley, as a testimonial about Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur

Citation:

John Vertue, Wallace MSS., University of Indiana, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30314, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None