| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20 November 1844:
'Have you any recollection of Adam Blair? I believe there was an outcry against the indecency
of that book, -- & lately, on comparing the first with a last edition of it, I find that the author
has left out the few lines which were taken generally to be offensive, & which compared to the
least of certain offences, were the merest lamb-innocences.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1844 and 20 Nov 1844 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Evangelical |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Gibson Lockhart |
| Title: | Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Meikle |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | In first edition (1822), and in a subsequent edition. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17346 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 236 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 236, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17346, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Source eds note that subsequent editions of text appeared in 1841, 1842, and 1843, 'as part of Blackwood's Standard Novels' (see p.237 n.7). |
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