Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 January 1845:
'Paul [de Kock] is the writer of farce, .. broad farce ..: and for impulsive gaiety, he has not his peer. I think the more of him just now, because they sent me, a few days since, by a mistake for another work, from the library, "Mon ami Piffard," which is not his best work, & yet set me laughing most cordially. It's a farce rolled out into the narrative form, -- neither more nor less-- A little nasty, of course, to mark, not exactly the [talics]hoof[end italics] of Paul, but his snout. -- But what particuarly struck me [...] was the impulse, the can't-help-myself joyousness of the book [...] I hope it isn't the indecency which I take so kindly in him'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1845 and 18 Jan 1845 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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: | Paul de Kock |
Title: | Mon Ami Piffard; et Chipolata |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1845 |
Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) |
Record ID: | 19073 | |
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: | 28 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19073, accessed: 17 April 2024 |
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