Evidence: | 'If your old contributors had to yield the pas to such writers only as the author of the "Battle of Dorking" we should have little to complain of. It is wonderfully fine and powerful. Is it Laurence Oliphant? I can't think of anybody else with such a power of realism and wonderful command of the subject. It is vivid as Defoe.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Apr 1871 and 4 May 1871 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Windsor | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Margaret Oliphant |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 4 Apr 1828 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer and Critic |
Religion: | Free Church |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | George Chesney |
Title: | Battle of Dorking |
Genre: | History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 95 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
Editor: | Annie Coghill | |
Title: | The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M.O.W.Oliphant | |
Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 229-230 | |
Additional comments: | Letter dated 4th May [1871] to Mr Blackwood |
Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M.O.W.Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 229-230, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=95, accessed: 29 November 2023 |
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