Record Number: 4033
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'To say the truth, much as I like reading them & specially Balzac and Sand, & little as I am given to overstrictness in my tastes, I do believe that the commonplace criticism is correct. I do think they are as a rule prurient & indecent & that they treat love affairs a good deal too much from the point of view of the whore and the whoremonger. They are very clever and very artistic; but I don?t think delicate either in the sense of art or morals? The books are put together with great skill to produce a given effect; but the effect is apt to border on the nasty & they are too anxious to keep everything in due harmony to give proper contrasts & variety of real life.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:28 Nov 1832
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4033
Source:Leslie Stephen
Editor:John Bicknell
Title:The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882
Place of Publication:Ohio State University Press
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:1
Page:54
Additional Comments:
Letter from Stephen to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (18/8/1867)
Citation:
Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882, (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4033, accessed: 15 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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