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Record 27132

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
William Blackwood to John Murray, 8 November 1814: 'Since I was a little better [following illness] I have been again reading "Lara," and the delight it afforded me was exquisite. The very incongruities which a number of our small critics have been nibbling at, afforded me the highest enjoyment.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1814 and 8 Nov 1814
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:William Blackwood
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
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: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
Title: Lara
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Published with Samuel Rogers's Jacqueline, by John Murray, 1814
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27132  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Smiles
  Editor: n/a
  Title: A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1891
  Vol: 1
  Page: 258
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 258, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27132, accessed: 20 April 2024

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