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Record Number: 3708


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"From your account of the absence of newspapers - on wh. I congratulate you sincerely - you may possibly have heard that the lords [sic] have given in about the Irish church. I am far too sick of the whole subject to make any reflections upon it, and am chiefly longing to get beyond the reach of newspapers myself."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1869

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 16 Onslow Garden

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:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

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:

Title:

Newspapers

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3708

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882.

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

1

Page:

70

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (23/6/1869).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882. (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3708, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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