Record Number: 3432

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"In 1862, as a 25-year-old rebel ... [Swinburne] took it on himself to scandalize a dinner party at Fryston. His target was not his host, Richard Monckton Milnes ... Nor was Swinburne particularly showing off for Thackeray, a fellow guest ... His aim was directed more at the rest of the table: Thackeray's two daughters and the new Archbishop of York, William Thomson ... Swinburne read Les Noyades'."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1862 and 31 Dec 1862

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Fryston

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:

Algernon Swinburne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1837

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Richard Monckton Milnes William Makepeace Thackeray Anne Thackeray Harriet Marion Thackeray William Thomson

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Algernon Swinburne

Title:

Les Noyades

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3432

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

365

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 365, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3432, accessed: 20 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None