Evidence: | 'The title is, The Neighbours ? just a title for Miss Austen you see! ? And for Miss Austen, you shall praise her as much as you please. She is delightful exquisite in her degree! ? only I wdnt have one of your dear hands "cut off" that you shd "write one page like her?s with the other", - because, really & earnestly, your Village and Belford Regis are more charming to me than her pages in congregation. She wants (admit it honestly, because you know she wants it) she wants a little touch of poetry. Her "neighbours" walk about & gossip, all unconscious of the sunshine & the trees & the running waters ? to say nothing of the God of nature & providence. "Persuasion" (ah! You are cunning to bring "Persuasion" to me!) is the highest & most touching of her works ? and I agree with you gladly that it is perfect in its kind, & with touches of a higher impulse in it than we look generally to receive from her genius.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 7 Dec 1842 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Poet |
Religion: | Evangelical Anglican |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Also known as Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mrs Robert Browning |
Author: | Mary Russell Mitford |
Title: | Belford Regis |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 7745 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | |
Editor: | Meredith B. Raymond | |
Title: | The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford 1836-1854 | |
Place of Publication: | Armstrong Browning Library of Baylor University, The Browning Institute, Wedgestone Press and Wellesley College | |
Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 109 | |
Additional comments: | second editor is Mary Rose Sullivan Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 7 Dec 1842 |
Citation: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Meredith B. Raymond (ed.), The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford 1836-1854 (Armstrong Browning Library of Baylor University, The Browning Institute, Wedgestone Press and Wellesley College, 1983), 2, p. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7745, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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