Evidence: | Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 2 July 1835:
'I have not had time to finish Fanny Kemble's book, but have seen enough of it to feel that she has been most unkindly and unjustly treated by the reviewers [...] I know of no subject I would more willingly undertake than her vindication. People say she is vulgar! So was Eve, for she scratched whatever part of her itched, and did a hundred things we should call vulgar. But the fact is, everything is vulgar now-a-days [...] Poor Fanny Kemble has fallen a victim to this tyranny. Her book is full of cleverness, talent, simple-heartedness, nature and nakedness. Her style is a little rough spot, but did you ever know a woman who was without one? I have no patience with the way she has been treated.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1835 and 2 Jul 1835 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Sir Francis B. Head |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Colonial civil servant |
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: | Fanny Kemble Butler |
Title: | Journal [of residence in America] |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Published by John Murray, 1835 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27410 | |
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: | 403-404 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 403-404, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27410, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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