Evidence: | 'Except the occupation of one or two annoyances, I have done nothing but read since I got Lord Byron's life -
I have no pretensions to being a critic - yet I know infinitely well what pleases me - Not to mention the judicious arrangement and happy tact displayed by Mr Moore, which distinguish this book - I must say a word concerning the style, which is elegant and forcible. I was particularly struck by the observations on Lord Byron's character before his departure to Greece - and on his return - there is strength and richness as well as sweetness
The great charm of the work to me, and it will have the same for you, is that the Lord Byron I find there is our Lord Byron - the fascinating - faulty - childish - philosophical being - daring the world - docile to a private circle - impetuous and indolent - gloomy and yet more gay than any other - I live with him again in these pages - getting reconciled (as I used in his lifetime) to those waywardnesses which annoyed me when he was away, through the delightful and buoyant tone of his conversation and manners -
[...] There is something cruelly kind in this single volume When will the next come? - impatient before how tenfold now am I so.
Among its many other virtues this book is [underlined] accurate [end underlining] to a miracle I have not stumbled on one mistake with regard either to time place or feeling'
[letter to John Murray] |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 18 Jan 1830 and 19 Jan 1830 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: 33 Somerset St |
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Reader: | Mary Shelley |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 30 Aug 1797 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Thomas Moore |
Title: | Life of Lord Byron |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 16898 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Betty T. Bennett | |
Title: | The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | |
Place of Publication: | Baltimore / London | |
Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
Vol: | II | |
Page: | 101 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16898, accessed: 17 April 2024 |
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