| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 3 January 1845: 'I send back your "Vestiges of Creation" [...] it appears to me that I have read in my life few more melancholy books'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1844 and 3 Jan 1845 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Robert Chalmers |
| Title: | Vestiges of the Natural HIstory of Creation |
| Genre: | Natural history |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published anonymously in 1844 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 19062 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
| Vol: | 10 | |
| Page: | 4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19062, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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