Record Number: 17110

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I ought to have written before, dear Hunt, to thank you for the Foster Brother, which pleased me very much. The sincerity and earnestness of the author gives animation & reality to his characters The idea of making filial devotion a reprehensible weakness is bold but well managed; only since the father is to enter a cloister he could not take his daughter there - & however this is nothing - his angry denunicaitions of peace are admirable The only criticism I would make is that the interest is not sufficiently concentrated on one person or one event - but why criticize when [underlined] much [end underlining] pleased. Pray thank Thornton for the pleasure he has given me.' [letter to Leigh Hunt]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1845 and 25 Sep 1845

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Putney

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Aug 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thornton Hunt

Title:

Foster Brother, The

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent by Leigh Hunt

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17110

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Betty T. Bennett

Title:

The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Place of Publication:

Baltimore / London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

III

Page:

204

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1988), III, p. 204, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17110, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None