Record Number: 4061

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do you know his [Sir Alfred Lyall's] books? The "Eastern Studies" is, I think, the most interesting work of the kind that I have ever read. It explains from actual observation how gods are born in India at the present day; how they get promotion, if they have luck in the miraculous line of business & so forth.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Christian

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:

Sir Alfred Lyall

Title:

Eastern Studies, The

Genre:

Other religious, History, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4061

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

2

Page:

440

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (19/4/1895).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen, (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 2, p. 440, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4061, accessed: 05 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None