| Evidence: | 'Yesterday morning I received the enclosed note from that most conceited and not over-well-bred Mons. de Lamartine. I desired my friend Madame Belloc to use her own discretion in reporting my criticisms on his Histoire des Girondins, but requested that she would convey to him the thanks and admiration of our family for the manner in which he mentioned the Abbe Edgeworth, and our admiration of the beauty of the writing of that whole passage in the work...
I feel, and I am sure so will you and Mr. Butler, "What an egotist and what a puppy it is!" But ovation has turned his head.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1847 and 13 Nov 1847 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edgeworthstown county: Ireland |
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| Reader: | Maria Edgeworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1767 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alphonse-Marie-Louis Prat de Lamartine |
| Title: | Histoire des Girondins |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1847; read in the original French |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11236 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Maria Edgeworth | |
| Editor: | Augustus J.C. Hare | |
| Title: | The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1894 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 330-331 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Maria Edgeworth to Mrs. R. Butler, from Edgeworthstown, 13 Nov, 1847. |
| Citation: | Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J.C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth (London, 1894), 2, p. 330-331, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11236, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
| This is the last letter of Maria Edgeworth recorded in the 2 volumes. |
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