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Record 19613

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anna Brownell Jameson, 2 April 1850: 'I complain of Florence for the want of books -- we have to dig & dig before we can get anything new -- and [italics]I[end italics] can read the newspapers only through Robert's eyes, who only can read them at Vieusseux's [Reading Rooms] in a room sacred from the foot of woman: and this is'nt always satisfactory to me, as whenever he falls into a state of disgust with any political regime, he throws the whole subject over, & wont read a word more about it. Every now & then, for instance, he ignores France altogether .. and I, who am more tolerant, & more curious, find myself suspended over an hiatus'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Mar 1850 and 2 Apr 1850
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Florence
specific address: Vieusseux's Reading Rooms
   
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:Robert Browning
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7 May 1812
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: newspapers
Genre: Politics, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: 1850
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19613  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 2007
  Vol: 16
  Page: 90
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 90, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19613, accessed: 28 March 2024

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