Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20-21 February 1844:
'We will talk of Eugene Sue.
I know the "Mysteries of Paris" very well, & much admire the genius which radiates, from end
to end, through that extraordinary work [...] the writer, if of less general power than Balzac,
is still more copious in imagination & creation. He glories in all extremities & intensities of evil
& of passion [...] he has written other romances [...] "Mathilde" interested
me beyond them all, & consists of some seven or eight volumes [...] but except for the insight
it gives into French society, I am not sure that you wd be pleased with it [...] I have been
thinking that the American translation in which you read the "Mysteries," may probably be a
[italics]purified[end italics] edition, of which I have seen some notices.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1841 and 21 Feb 1844 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Eugene Sue |
Title: | Mathilde, Memoires d'une Jeune Femme |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1841 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17304 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
Vol: | 8 | |
Page: | 213-214 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 213-214, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17304, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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