| Evidence: | Tuesday, 17 October 1826:
'Read over Sir John Chiverton and Brambletye House, novels in what I may surely claim as
the stile [quotes from Jonathan Swift, "On the Death of Dr. Swift," lls. 57-8]
'"Which I was born to introduce
Refined it first and showd its use."
'They are both clever books, one in imitation of the days of chivalry, the other by John Smith
[...] dated in the time of the civil wars and introducing historical characters. I read both with
great interest during the journey [to London].' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 11 Oct 1826 and 17 Oct 1826 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: En route between Abbotsford, Scotland, and London, England. | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Smith |
| Title: | Brambletye House |
| Genre: | Fiction, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26601 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 213 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 213, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26601, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| See p.213 n.5 in source for account of Scott's refusal to read Brambletye House until he had completed his own fiction about the Civil War, Woodstock. |
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