Evidence: | 'I have been reading "Vanity Fair" again & found it even more enjoyable than when I read it for the first time. I really think I like the Book better even than any of those of Dickens. "Becky Sharp" is prodigious. I thought however it to be a great mistake to pull Mr Sedley down so quickly after his bankruptcy & make him so soon appear so dreadfully shabby, humble & contemptible, particularly as "Jos" did what was necessary to prevent his parents being in want as he is stated to have sent instructions to his agents to furnish what money was required. The description given of poor old "Sedley" is the most painful & most truthful description of a ruined man without hopes or friends but the fall to such a condition would be very gradual & Sedley had'ent the time given him to arrive at it any more than his glossy coats had had time to become white in the Seams & Greasy in the collars.' |
||||||||||
Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 26 Jan 1871 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Melbourne | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
Reader: | John Buckley Castieau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 15 May 1831 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Prison Governor |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Australia |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Makepeace Thackeray |
Title: | Vanity Fair |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 23546 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | John Buckley Castieau | |
Title: | Diaries | |
Location: | National Library of Australia | |
Call no: | NLA MS 2218 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | John Buckley Castieau, Diaries National Library of Australia, p. NLA MS 2218, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23546, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)