Record Number: 4058
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
Timen/anight: (finished at night)
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:n/a
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:Thomas Carlyle: A History of his Life in London 1834-1881
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1884
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4058
Source: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: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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