Evidence: | Felicia Browne to Matthew Nicholson, 17 July 1811: 'I have been reading lately the memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with his discourses to the Royal Academy, & I am so enthusiastic an admirer of the beauties of painting, that I derived both pleasure and instruction from the perusal [...] I have also [underlined]been guilty[end underlined] of reading a [underlined]Romance[end underlined] [...] It is "The Scottish Chiefs," by Miss Porter, & though I am by no means an Advocate for [underlined]Historical[end underlined] Novels as they bewilder our ideas, by confounding truth with fiction, yet this animated Authoress has painted her Hero [...] in such glowing colours, that you cannot avoid catching a spark of her own enthusiasm". |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1811 and 17 Jul 1811 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Felicia Browne |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 25 Sep 1793 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Jane Porter |
Title: | The Scottish Chiefs |
Genre: | Fiction, History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | First published 1810 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 8518 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Susan J. Wolfson | |
Title: | Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials | |
Place of Publication: | Princeton | |
Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 476 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials (Princeton, 2000), p. 476, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8518, accessed: 29 April 2024 |
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