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Wiliam Gifford
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Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
William Gifford to John Murray (1815): 'I have for the first time looked into "Pride and Prejudice;" and it is really a very pretty thing. No dark passages; no secret chambers; no wind-howlings in long galleries; no drops of blood upon a rusty dagger -- things that should now be left to ladies' maids and sentimental washerwomen.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Wiliam Gifford Print: Book
Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
William Gifford to John Murray, 29 September 1815: 'I have read "Pride and Prejudice [italics]again[end italics] -- 'tis very good -- wretchedly printed, and so pointed as to be almost un-intelligible. make no apology for sending me anything to read or revise. I am always happy to do either, in the thought that I may be useful to you.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Wiliam Gifford Print: Book
Jane Austen : Emma
William Gifford to John Murray, 29 September 1815: 'I have read "Pride and Prejudice [italics]again[end italics] -- 'tis very good -- wretchedly printed, and so pointed as to be almost un-intelligible. Make no apology for sending me anything to read or revise. I am always happy to do either, in the thought that I may be useful to you [...] 'Of "Emma," I have nothing but good to say. I was sure of the writer before you mentioned her. The MS., thought plainly written, has yet some, indeed many little omissions; and an expression may now and then be amended in passing through the press. I will readily undertake the revision.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Wiliam Gifford Manuscript: Unknown
Lyall : review of Stewart, Philosophy of the Human Mind
Number 24 of the [Quarterly] Review pleased Gifford very much. In writing to [John] Murray on the subject, he said [in letter of 27 January 1815] [...] ["]I will beg you to get a work for Mr. Lyall. His article, which I have looked at again, is truly excellent [...] Seriously, the sterling, manly sense of the Review pleases me very much, indeed.["]'
