Record Number: 5899
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Finished the last "Tales of My Landlord" of which the fourth volume is the worst. I think Walter Scott has the peculiar art of growing worse and worse yet preserving his popularity. One poem after another was worse than the former; just so his tales and every volume of every tale continues in a similar climax of deterioration.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 Oct 1818
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: home
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:1762
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Rector and J.P
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Tales of my Landlord or Black Dwarf and old Mortal
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5899
Source:Benjamin Newton
Editor:C.P. Fendall
Title:The Diary of Benjamin Newton, Rector of wath, 1816-1819
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1933
Vol:n/a
Page:244
Additional Comments:
and ed. E.A.Crutchley
Citation:
Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Diary of Benjamin Newton, Rector of wath, 1816-1819, (Cambridge, 1933), p. 244, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5899, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None