Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 December 1842:
'Did you ever look at -- I dont say [italics]read[end italics] -- the "Sofa" of Crebillon fils. I sent
for it once in the innocense [sic] of my ignorance, & after a quarter of an hour's turning of the
leaves dropped it like a burning iron. It is the most disgusting sensual book I ever
[italics]tried[end italics] to read -- but [italics]did'nt[end italics] read, I do assure you.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
Age | Unknown |
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: | Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon fils |
Title: | Le Sopha, Conte Moral |
Genre: | Fiction, Erotica |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17090 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
Vol: | 6 | |
Page: | 245 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 245, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17090, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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