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Record Number: 16382


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, c.29 August 1836: 'Mrs Lenox Conyngham's name had come to my ears but it was not familiar to them, -- & your brief account of her wd have interested me even if you had not said that she thought kindly of me. I am going to read her poems, & to go on reading Mr Chorley's Memorials. Shame upon me, you may think, for not having finished reading [italics]them[end italics] long ago!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1836 and 29 Sep 1836

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

H.F. Chorley

Title:

Memorials of Mrs Hemans

Genre:

Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1836

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16382

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16382, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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