Record Number: 17663
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
John Forster to Sarianna Browning, 21 September 1846: 'You cannot imagine the surprise with which I saw this morning's announcement [of Robert Browning, Sarianna's brother's, marriage to Elizabeth Barrett]. Not unmixed with a little pang, .. that I should have known it first through the strangeness of a newspaper'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:21 Sep 1846
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1812
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Journalist
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Notice of marriage of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details21 September 1846
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17663
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:14
Page:361
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 361, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17663, accessed: 27 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Source also includes (on p.363) part of letter from William Johnson Fox to Eliza Flower, c. October 1846, in which it is reported that he saw the notice in proof, for inclusion in the Daily News (of which he was editor): 'He went into one of his great passions at the supposed hoax, ordered up the compositor to have a swear at him, and demanded to see the M.S. from which it was taken; so it was brought, and he instantly recognised the hand of Browning's sister.'
