| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Ann Lowry Boyd, c. April 1831:
'For the last week I have not been at all well, & indeed was obliged yesterday to go to bed after breakfast instead of after tea, where I contrived to abstract myself out of a good deal of pain into Lord Byron's Life by Moore.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1831 and 30 Apr 1831 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Herefordshire specific address: Hope End other location: in bed |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Moore |
| Title: | Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of His Life |
| Genre: | Poetry, Biography, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 16314 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 289 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 289, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16314, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Source eds note copy of text lent to Barrett by 'Mrs Ricardo'; see p.290 n.2, and Letter 406 (p.290), in which Barrett also reports, to Hugh Stuart Boyd, that 'I read it with so much interest, that it was finished on the day after it was begun, -- & I could scarcely dine, or drink tea, or go to sleep, in the meantime.' |
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