Evidence: | 'Matthew Arnold wrote from Wilton, the Pembrokes' house, a week before his death (which occurred on April 15), that he found all the guests there reading or intending to read it [Mrs Ward's Robert Elsmere], and added, "George Russell, who was staying at Ashton Clinton with Gladstone, says it is all true about his interest in the book. He talked of it incessantly and said he thought he should review it for Knowles". |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 1 Apr 1888 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Wilton, home of the Pembrokes | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | guests at Wilton |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mary Augusta Ward |
Title: | Robert Elsmere |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24102 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1923 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 55 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24102, accessed: 25 September 2023 |
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