Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 June 1840:
'Have you given up the idea of seeing Mr Darley's book again -- It chaperons or is chaperoned by some Devonshire cream -- but I beg you to remember that the stains upon its back came
to me as they go, and proceeded from neither cream nor me -- The chronicle is very clever &
spirited -- picturesque & racy -- & the character of Becket appears to me developped [sic]
with no ordinary power: at the same time I confess myself disappointed in the absence of
tragic passion & concentration'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 17 May 1840 and 3 Jun 1840 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Torquay county: Devonshire |
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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: | George Darley |
Title: | Thomas a Becket |
Genre: | Other religious, Drama, History, Poetry, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
Record ID: | 16593 | |
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: | 282 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 282, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16593, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
In Letter 757 in source (p.274), dated 17 May 1840, Barrett acknowledges receipt of text from Mitford. |
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