Evidence: | 'I am very glad you have enjoyed the court of Hayti, much the best part of the book in my opinion. I only barred your reading it out of propriety and for fear the other Lady Louisa should be scandalized; pray tell her so. My own notions are that comical books rarely do harm, unless when they try to throw ridicule on sacred subjects; and, I am tempted to say, "Have fixed principles deeply rooted, and then read what you please". I agree with her that Tardif de Courtrac, tho' always clever, is sometimes very tedious, especially in America, from one's indifference respecting the subject. For "Ivanhoe", make yourself easy, I am its sincere partisan and Rebecca's devoted admirer. I would rather the templar had burst a blood vessel, because that it really often the effect of a conflict of violent passions and tho' they may bring on an apoplexy also , it is not apt to ensue so immediately'. [LS then discusses several characters in Ivanhoe at length]
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 11 Feb 1820 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Louisa, Lady Stuart |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 12 Aug 1757 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
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: | Walter Scott |
Title: | Ivanhoe |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 20455 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Louisa Stuart | |
Editor: | R. Brimley Johnson | |
Title: | Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1926 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 171 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The (London, 1926), p. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20455, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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