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Record Number: 17098


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 January 1843: 'I have read the Letters from Palmyra. They are [...] powerfully written, in an elevated style which rises, not unfrequently, into eloquence! Still there does appear to me a coldness -- oh I may be very wrong -- but I read the book some time since, it struck me so.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1837 and 14 Jan 1843

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:

Evangelical

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:

William Ware

Title:

Zenobia: or, The Fall of Palmyra

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1837

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17098

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

290

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 290, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17098, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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