Record Number: 16107

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'we each [Elizabeth Barrett and her brother Edward] are blessed with abilities -- my dear Bro's are more solid & more profound -- mine are more refined & dazzling [...] He delights in the sober reasoning of the Historian! He feels greater interest in the noble Sallust while I have remained entranced over a page of the divine & animated Cicero!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1821 and 28 Feb 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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Child (0-17)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Cicero

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16107

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:

352

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 352, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16107, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

Evidence from Elizabeth Barrett's 'My Character and Bro's Compared' (composed February 1821).