Evidence: | Lord Jeffrey to 'Mr. Empson', December 1840: 'I have read Harriet [Martineau]'s first volume [of "The Hour and the Man"], and give in my adhesion to her Black Prince [Toussaint L'Ouverture] with all my heart and soul. The book is really not only beautiful and touching, but [italics]noble[end italics]; and I do not recollect when I have been more charmed, whether by very sweet and eloquent writing and glowing description, or by elevated as well as tender sentiments. I do not believe that the worthy people ever spoke or acted as she has so gracefully presented them, and must confess that in all the striking scenes I entirely forgot their complexion, and drove the notion of it from me as often as it occurred. But this does not at all diminish, but rather increases the merit of her creations.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1840 | ||||||||||
Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Francis Jeffrey |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer/Judge/Politician |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Harriet Martineau |
Title: | The Hour and the Man (vol. I) |
Genre: | Fiction, History, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 9886 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1877 | |
Vol: | 3 | |
Page: | 234 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman (London, 1877), 3, p. 234, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9886, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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