Record Number: 16211

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 'Saturday Night,' 2 August 1828: 'I have not gone [italics]thro'[end italics] the Parriana yet. I have been extremely amused by your most [italics]characteristic[end italics] letters, published by Mr Barker.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1828 and 6 Aug 1828

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:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

E.H. Barker

Title:

Parriana; or, Notices of the Rev. Samuel Parr, collected by E. H. Barker

Genre:

Biography, Letters; campanology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, 1828-29

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16211

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

163

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 163, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16211, accessed: 25 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

Source editors note that text contained letters from Boyd on campanology (see p.164 n.2). In following letter in source (no.318, p.164-65), dated 6 August 1828, Barrett reports having 'finished the Parriana'.