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Record 17301

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 15 February 1844: 'Do you happen to know anything of the Irish tales of Carlton [sic]? Some [italics]extracts[end italics] I have seen I think excellent.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1830 and 15 Feb 1844
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:Richard Hengist Horne
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 31 Dec 1802
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: unknown
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: Wiliam Carleton
Title: 'tales' (extracts)
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17301  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1990
  Vol: 8
  Page: 201
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17301, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

See p.202 n.6 in source for titles of volumes of 'Tales' from which extracts mentioned as read could have been taken.

 

 

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