Record Number: 12073
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?Dr Milligen?s paper, he must re-write the last half of it; it has cost me three hours this morning, and I can make nothing of it. I think very little of the gentleman who writes so complacently from Northampton with his first of a Series; but I suppose he?s a great man in a small way.?
Century:1800-1849
Date:12 Dec 1836
Country:England
Timemorning: Monday
Place:city: London
specific address: Furnivals Inn
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:7 Feb 1812
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Journalist/ Novelist
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Portrait Gallery
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology, Contribution for Bentley's Miscellany
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsThe Portrait Gallery?, No.1, Miscellany, I, 286.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12073
Source:Charles Dickens
Editor:Madeline House
Title:The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1965
Vol:1
Page:211
Additional Comments:
Graham Storey ed. Published by Clarendon Press as the Pilgrim edition.
Citation:
Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839 (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 211, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12073, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Richard Bentley. Note 1. States that CD mis-spelt Milligen ? should be John Gideon Millingen (1783-1862.)
