Record Number: 17684
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am not sufficiently fond of dissertations, of eternal analysis, of eloquent bubbles, to be a warm partizan of Mde de Staal [sic]. Between friends - but don't mention it - I yawned over her Allemagne - and yet, here and there, was electrified by a flash of sublimity. Do you agree with me in thinking, that with all her brilliant varnish, she is corrupt at heart? Had Satan himself written "Pauline", one of the stories published with "Zuma", he could have produced nothing more offensive to decency, more detestably disgusting'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 10 Nov 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Chelsea College
(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:Female
Date of Birth:29 Aug 1772
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
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:Anne-Louise-Germaine, Baronne de Stael-Holstein
Title:De L'Allemagne
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17684
Source:Sarah Harriet Burney
Editor:Lorna J. Clark
Title:Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The
Place of Publication:Athens GA / London
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:176
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 176, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17684, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Elizabeth Carrick, 6th December 1813; also mentioned in letter to Charlotte Barret, 10th Nov 1813.
