Record Number: 13232
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'With Madame de Staal's Memoirs, so strongly praised by the excellent Baron Grimm, I was a good deal disappointed: she has nothing to tell and does not tell it very well. She is neither important, nor admirable for talents or virtues. Her life was not worth recording.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Mar 1815 and 31 Mar 1815
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Yorkshire
Type of Experience(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:3 Jun 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Clergyman
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Marguerite de Launay, Baronne de Staal
Title:Memoires
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:13232
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:254-5
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 254-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13232, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
Leter to Francis Jeffrey