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Record Number: 27109


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Isaac D'Israeli to John Murray, 2 August 1810: 'I took the Q[uarterly]. R[eview]. with me. I like it well; and I do think it is far better than what you imagined it to be. The article on the "Fatal Revenge" is exquisite in humour, and very ingenious in criticism. I long to get to the Chinese article -- "Ramayuna."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1810 and 2 Aug 1810

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Isaac Disraeli

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Quarterly Review (no. 5)

Genre:

Drama, Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel, Politics, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Published by John Murray, 1810

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27109

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

1

Page:

179-180

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 179-180, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27109, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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