Evidence: | Dear Mrs Oliphant, - It is with ceaseless admiration that I have read 'The Duke's Daughter'. My remembrance of what you had told me respecting the origin of your inclination to undertake the narrative put me into the mood for studying it, if so one may speak, instead of too placidly 'reading' your delightful pages, and the effect of this special care was such as to make me think more - more even than ever before - of what - distinguished from 'fancy' - I should call that sound, healthy, that strong Imagination of yours which tells you, and lets you tell others, the very, very truth. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1890 and Mar 1890 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | A.W. Kinglake |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 5 Aug 1809 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Lawyer and writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Margaret Oliphant |
Title: | The Duke's Daughter |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book, Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | n/a |
Record ID: | 571 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
Editor: | Annie (Mrs Harry) Coghill | |
Title: | The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 366-7 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from A.W.Kinglake to Mrs Oliphant, 19 March [1890] |
Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie (Mrs Harry) Coghill (ed.), The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant (1974), p. 366-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=571, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Later in the same letter, Kinglake compares Oliphant to Shakespeare. |
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