| Evidence: | 'In 1876 Aubrey de Vere aranged for Alice Thompson ... and her sister Elizabeth a visit to [Tennyson at] Aldworth ... Alice was ready with her selection when the offer to read was issued. It was "The Passing of Arthur", and it was a mistake. Tennyson "complied ... [but] was not pleased with her choice, which he thought should have fallen on his later work".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1876 and 31 Dec 1876 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Aldworth | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1809 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Elizabeth Thompson Alice Thompson |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
| Title: | The Passing of Arthur |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3439 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philip Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 367 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 367, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3439, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Quotation from Viola Meynell, Alice Meynell: A Memoir (1929, 1947) 52-3. |
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