Record Number: 3716
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I cut out of a newspaper and put in here a little poem of Swinburne whom I have never loved. It is dated three years ago, yet was published only the other day - for whom, for us? I have read it over and over again, scarcely able to see the words for tears.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Dec 1890 and 9 Dec 1890
Country:Switzerland
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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:4 Apr 1828
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Novelist and Critic
Religion:Free Church
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Threnody
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsThis poem was first published in the Athenaeum, 13 (December 1890)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3716
Source:Margaret Oliphant
Editor:Elisabeth Jay
Title:The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant
Place of Publication:Ontario
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:n/a
Page:95
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Margaret Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay (ed.), The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant, (Ontario, 2002), p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3716, accessed: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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