Record Number: 4458

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I, who was the reader, had not seen it for several years, the rest did not know it at all. I am afraid I perceived a sad change in it, or myself ? which was worse; and the effect altogether failed. Nobody cried, and at some of the passages, the touches that I used to think so exquisite ? Oh Dear! They laughed.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

4 Sep 1826

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

other location: a friend's house

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Louisa Stuart

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Aug 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

writer, poet, literary critic

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

friends (identity unspecified)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Mackenzie

Title:

The Man of Feeling

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first publication: 1771

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4458

Source:

Print

Author:

Wilfred Partington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Private Letter-Books of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Longon

Date of Publication:

1930

Vol:

n/a

Page:

273

Additional Comments:

Lady Louisa Stuart, Letter to Sir Walter Scott, 4 September 1826. The passage also contains reflections on "the alterations of taste produced by time".

Citation:

Wilfred Partington, The Private Letter-Books of Sir Walter Scott, (Longon, 1930), p. 273, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4458, accessed: 18 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None