| Evidence: | 'Walter Scott seems to me the same sort of thing laboured in a very inferior way, and more careless, with many repetitions of himself. Caleb is overdone. Sir W. and Lady Ashton are very good characters, and the meeting of the two coaches and six the best scene in the book. The catastophe is shocking and disgusting'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 28 Jun 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: York county: Yorkshire |
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| Reader: | Sydney Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Jun 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Title: | The Bride of Lammermoor |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown Sent by Archibald Constable - not known if owned or borrowed |
| Record ID: | 13403 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
| Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 330 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 330, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13403, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Letter to Lord Lansdowne |
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