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Record Number: 16628


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The story of "Blanch", when the poem becomes fashionable, will be dramatized... I cannot help thinking it would make a good drama. The story is busy and pathetic. For the two small poems I thank you much. That to Lord Redesdale is most striking to me, and it is a just tribute to feeling where one would least expect it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 9 Apr 1812

Country:

England

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:

J.P. Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

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:

Mary Russell Mitford

Title:

Blanch of Castile and other poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
Lent by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

16628

Source:

Print

Author:

A.G. L'Estrange

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1882

Vol:

1

Page:

68-9

Additional Comments:

Letter from J.P. Smith to Miss Mitford, April 9, 1812

Citation:

A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 68-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16628, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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