| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, July 1832:
'Poor Sir Walter Scott! You have heard that he is dying [...] The other night Papa read a
passage from the Lady of the Lake to me; and I did not like to hear it. It sounded like
something unnatural -- as if you were looking at a broken instrument, & hearing its sweetest
music at the same time. [...] You know I am not an admirer of Sir Walter's poetry.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jul 1832 and 31 Jul 1832 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Moulton-Barrett sr |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 May 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Estate owner |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Jamaica |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Elizabeth Barrett (reader's daughter). |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Title: | The Lady of the Lake |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16334 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16334, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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