Evidence: | Tuesday, 28 March 1826:
'Reading at intervals a novel called Grandby [sic] one of that very difficult class which aspires
to describe the actual current of society; whose colours are so evanescent that it is difficult to
fix them on the canvas. It is well written but over labourd -- too much attempt to put the
reader exactly up to the thoughts and sentiments of the parties -- The women do this better --
Edgeworth, Ferrier, Austen have all had their portraits of real society far superior to anything
Man vain Man has produced of the like nature.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Mar 1826 and 28 Mar 1826 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Abbotsford | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Walter Scott |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1771 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | T. H. Lister |
Title: | Granby |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1826 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 26590 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Walter Scott | |
Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 121 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 121, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26590, accessed: 23 September 2023 |
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