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Record 4044

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"Then I promised Morley to contribute to a continuation of the 'Men of Letters' series a book upon George Eliot. I find it very hard to tell you the truth. I admire English country novels as much as I could wish; but later performances are not to my taste. Romola bores me and the 'poetry' - does not appear to be poetry."
Century: 1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date: unknown
Country: England
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:Leslie Stephen
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 28 Nov 1832
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Eliot
Title: Romola
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4044  
Source - Print  
  Author: Leslie Stephen
  Editor: John Bicknell
  Title: The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 2 1882-1904
  Place of Publication: Ohio State University Press
  Date of Publication: 1996
  Vol: 2
  Page: 518
  Additional comments: Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (20/6/1901)

Citation: Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 2 1882-1904  (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 2, p. 518, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4044, accessed: 25 April 2024

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