Record Number: 24118
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[letter from Henry James to Mrs Ward] I think the tale very straightforward and powerful - very direct and vivid, full of the real and the [italics] juste [end italics]. I like your unelambicated rustics - they are a tremendous rest after Hardy's - and the infallibility of your feeling for village life. Likewise I heartily hope you will labour in this field and farm again. [italics] But [end italics] I won't pretend to agree with one or two declarations that have been wafted to me to the effect that this little tale is the best thing you've done". It has even been murmured to me that [italics] you [end italics] think so. This I don't believe, and at any rate I find, for myself, your best in your deallings with [italics] data [end italics] less simple, on a plan less simple.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 8 May 1895
Country:England
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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:15 Apr 1843
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:America
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:Bessie Costrell
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:24118
Source:Janet Penrose Trevelyan
Editor:n/a
Title:The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1923
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Page:112
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 112, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24118, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
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