Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 11 August 1839:
'Mr Chorley's Sea port town was brought to me a little while ago -- but not as Mr Chorley's.
Henrietta [sister] brought it from the circulating library -- The [italics] librarian had
recommended it![end italics] -- & I am so forced to be dumb & to abstain from continuous
attention to grave subjects, that amusing books of the class to which it belongs are necessary
to me sometimes. Well! I did not like the name of the book -- & was turning listlessly to the
title page with the words "I cant read this", -- when [italics]there[end italics], was Mr
Chorley's name! Of course I [italics]cd[end italics] read it immediately, -- & was much struck
by the power it indicated, & the constructiveness of the stories -- a rare characteristic, even in
these story telling days.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1839 and 11 Aug 1839 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Torquay | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Henry Fothergill Chorley |
Title: | Sketches of a Sea Port Town |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1834 |
Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) |
Record ID: | 16545 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 185 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 185, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16545, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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