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Record 2745

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I breakfasted with Lord Lansdowne a few days ago, & we talked much about you. He recollected having met you at our house & said that he shd be very glad to do so again... He puts Paul Ferroll very high indeed among modern novels, & the Poems, not only high but at the Top of modern poetry...Lord Lansdowne's opinion is of so much value, that I thought I ought to write...'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Until: 11 Feb 1857
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Lord Lansdowne
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: n/a
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Caroline Clive
Title: Paul Ferroll
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2745  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Nassall William Senior
  Title: Letter to Caroline Clive 11 Feb 1857
  Location: Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford
  Call no: MS Whitfield A117 (11 Feb 1857)
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Nassall William Senior, Letter to Caroline Clive 11 Feb 1857 Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford, p. MS Whitfield A117 (11 Feb 1857), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2745, accessed: 19 April 2024

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