| Evidence: | William Gifford to John Murray (1815):
'I have for the first time looked into "Pride and Prejudice;" and it is really a very pretty thing. No
dark passages; no secret chambers; no wind-howlings in long galleries; no drops of blood upon
a rusty dagger -- things that should now be left to ladies' maids and sentimental washerwomen.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 29 Sep 1815 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Wiliam Gifford |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1757 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jane Austen |
| Title: | Pride and Prejudice |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27152 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 282 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 282, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27152, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Copy of text sent to Gifford by Murray, to help him decide whether to publish author's Emma; see p.282. |
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