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Record 16382

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, c.29 August 1836: 'Mrs Lenox Conyngham's name had come to my ears but it was not familiar to them, -- & your brief account of her wd have interested me even if you had not said that she thought kindly of me. I am going to read her poems, & to go on reading Mr Chorley's Memorials. Shame upon me, you may think, for not having finished reading [italics]them[end italics] long ago!'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1836 and 29 Sep 1836
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:Elizabeth Barrett
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6 Mar 1806
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: H.F. Chorley
Title: Memorials of Mrs Hemans
Genre: Poetry, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1836
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16382  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1985
  Vol: 3
  Page: 193
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16382, accessed: 17 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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