Record Number: 3238
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Relishing the part of iconoclast, ... [Sir Walter Raleigh] wrote [to Miss C. A. Kerr] in 1905 [15 April], after lying abed reading Trollope, "I'm afraid it's no use anyone telling me that Thackeray is a better novelist than Trollope."'
Century:Date:
Between 1 Apr 1905 and 30 Apr 1905
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1861
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Scholar and writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3238
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
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Page:200
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 200, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3238, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Lady Raleigh, ed., The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh (2 vols, 1926) 1:272.