Evidence: | John Wilson Croker to John Murray, 18 July 1819:
'I had Crabbe's tales with me on shipboard, and they were a treasure. I never was so much
taken with anything. The tales are in general so well conducted that, in prose, they would be
interesting as mere stories; but to this are added such an admirable [italics]ease[end italics]
and [italics]force[end italics] of diction, such good pleasantry, such high principles, such a
strain of poetry, such a profundity of observation, and such a gaiety of illustration as I never
before, I think, saw collected. He imagines his stories with the humour and truth of Chaucer,
and tells them with the copious terseness of Dryden, and the tender and thoughtful simplicity
of Cowper. There are sad exceptions here and there, which might easily be removed, but on
the whole it is a delightful book.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jun 1819 and 18 Jul 1819 | ||||||||||
Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: 'on shipboard' | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Wilson Croker |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 20 Dec 1780 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Secretary to the Admiralty |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Crabbe |
Title: | Tales |
Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24257 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Louis L. Jennings | |
Title: | The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S. | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1884 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 146 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Louis L. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S. (London, 1884), 1, p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24257, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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