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Record Number: 19613


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anna Brownell Jameson, 2 April 1850: 'I complain of Florence for the want of books -- we have to dig & dig before we can get anything new -- and [italics]I[end italics] can read the newspapers only through Robert's eyes, who only can read them at Vieusseux's [Reading Rooms] in a room sacred from the foot of woman: and this is'nt always satisfactory to me, as whenever he falls into a state of disgust with any political regime, he throws the whole subject over, & wont read a word more about it. Every now & then, for instance, he ignores France altogether .. and I, who am more tolerant, & more curious, find myself suspended over an hiatus'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1850 and 2 Apr 1850

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence
specific address: Vieusseux's Reading Rooms

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:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1850

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

19613

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

16

Page:

90

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 90, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19613, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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