Evidence: | Isaac D'Israeli to John Murray, 4 August 1818:
'It was with your usual kindness that you sent us the "Heart of Midlothian," which we return with our best thanks. All that concerns the Deans family, David and Jeanie, is the masterly production of the same genius, and I like the broad and natural humour of many of the characters. [italics]Character-painting[end italics] is his forte, and he is both pathetic and humorous. With all these excellences there is too much alloy of modern romance-writing in the fourth volume [...] But the first of our novelists likes to have [italics]make-weights[end italics], and must have, for so many thousand pounds.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jun 1818 and 4 Aug 1818 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Farnham Royal county: Buckinghamshire |
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Reading Group: | Isaac D'Israeli and family |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer and family |
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: | Walter Scott |
Title: | The Heart of Midlothian |
Genre: | Fiction, History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1818 |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
Record ID: | 27332 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 2 | |
Page: | 68-69 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 68-69, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27332, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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