Record Number: 17125
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Francis Horner to his sister, 26 October 1815: 'I told you I was reading Don Roderick the Goth; and notwithstanding the romance of the original story, it was with fatigue that I got through it. I am not surprised that the book has had a run, because there [italics]is[end italics] a romantic story, and because it is seasoned with methodistical cant to the taste of the times; but that the work should be commended by any person of cultivated taste, as it has been, seems to me strange.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1814 and 26 Oct 1815
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:1778
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Lawyer/Politician
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
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: Title:Roderick, the Last of the Goths
Genre:Fiction, History, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1814
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17125
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1989
Vol:7
Page:13 n.3
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 13 n.3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17125, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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