Evidence: | 'Pray tell him [Mr Kinglake] that I have been an admirer of his for - Heaven knows how long! - since the days when I was shocked and delighted by "Eothen." I remember being very much amused by the opening out of two old neighbours of mine at Ealing, after a discussion of his first volume. In the enthusiasm created by it one of them, an old Peninsular officer, instructed me carefully how to make a pontoon bridge and get my (!) troops over it; while the other, Admiral Collinson, burst forth into naval experiences.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 4 Apr 1828 and 15 Feb 1875 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Margaret Oliphant |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 4 Apr 1828 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer and Critic |
Religion: | Free Church |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alexander William Kinglake |
Title: | Eothen |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 100 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
Editor: | Annie Coghill | |
Title: | Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant | |
Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 247 | |
Additional comments: | Letter to Mr Blackwood, 15 February [1875] |
Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 247, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=100, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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