Record Number: 4058

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?I finished poor old Carlyle last night. Froude?s case is curious. He expresses & I think, really feels, veneration & so forth; but there is something curiously complicated about the man wh. I have not yet found a name for. I think that he is rather a coward & likes snarling from behind Carlyle?s back. Luckily I have not to review him!?

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

21 Oct 1884

Country:

England

Time

n/anight: (finished at night)

Place:

n/a

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:

Leslie Stephen

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:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James A. Froude

Title:

Thomas Carlyle: A History of his Life in London 1834-1881

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1884

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4058

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

319

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Julia Prinsep Stephen (22/10/1884).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904 , (Ohio State University Press, 1996), p. 319, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4058, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None