Record Number: 4049

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?I have to thank you for the ?Wessex Poems? which came to me with the kind inscription and gave me a real pleasure? I am always pleased to remember that ?Far from the madding crowd? came out under my command. I then admired the poetry which was diffused through the prose; and can recognize the same note in the versified form.?

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

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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

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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:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Hardy

Title:

The Wessex Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4049

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

495-6

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Thomas Hardy 3/1/1899

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 2 1882-1904  (Ohio State University Press, 1996), p. 495-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4049, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None