| Evidence: | 'As for the Private Secretary, I can sympathize with both you & Chesney. As Editor, I should have [?] to print it as it is; as Author, - if I had written it, - I am shy of writing anything in that style - I should have been very proud of it. The fact is, though risque it is devilish well done; & the merit & the objections to it are that it is so sensuously suggestive as to be [??] than far harder language.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jul 1881 and 6 Jul 1881 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Alex Innes Shand |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George T Chesney |
| Title: | The Private Secretary |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | In Blackwood's Magazine |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2552 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Alex Innes Shand | |
| Title: | Letters | |
| Location: | National Library of Scotland | |
| Call no: | MS 4426 | |
| Page/folio: | 79-84 |
| Citation: | Alex Innes Shand, Letters National Library of Scotland, p. MS 4426, p. 79-84, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2552, accessed: 26 July 2024 | |
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