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Record Number: 16048


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Moulton-Barrett to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 14 October 1821: 'I read her [invalid Elizabeth Barrett's] prayers to her today in the bible, & she has altogether been very comfortable'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

14 Oct 1821

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Mary Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1781

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Elizabeth Barrett (reader's daughter)


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

prayers

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16048

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

331

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 331, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16048, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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