Record Number: 3910
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thomas Hardy, to whom [Rider] Haggard sent his Norse adventure "Eric Brighteyes" (1891), was roused by "a wild illustration" to start reading a chapter nearer the end than the beginning ...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:1891
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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:Male
Date of Birth:2 Jun 1840
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Eric Brighteyes
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsWith illustrations by Lancelot Speed, 1891
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3910
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
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Page:988
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 988, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3910, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from letter of Thomas Hardy to H. Rider Haggard, [?May 1891] in Richard Little Purdy and Michael Millgate, eds., The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy 1:235.