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Record Number: 17301


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 15 February 1844: 'Do you happen to know anything of the Irish tales of Carlton [sic]? Some [italics]extracts[end italics] I have seen I think excellent.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1830 and 15 Feb 1844

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:

Richard Hengist Horne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Dec 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Wiliam Carleton

Title:

'tales' (extracts)

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17301

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

8

Page:

201

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17301, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

See p.202 n.6 in source for titles of volumes of 'Tales' from which extracts mentioned as read could have been taken.

   
   
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