Record Number: 3928
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The retired Governor of Madras Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, to whom Mrs [Humphry] Ward read extracts from "Robert Elsmere "before it was published, was arrested by the novel's passages of "extraordinary power"...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:11 Jun 1851
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Tasmania
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Robert Elsmere
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Publication Details
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3928
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
Vol:n/a
Page:1033
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 1033, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3928, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, Notes from a Diary 2:26 (entry for 10 February 1888).