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Record Number: 16318


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Angela Bayford to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 23 June 1827: 'I am glad Ba [Elizabeth Barrett] is so pleased with Irving's new book; I have not yet been able to read it thro'. as there are so many here who have a prior claim to the first perusal; but Mama has read aloud to me some of the most striking passages in the preface, which have quite delighted me'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1827 and 23 Jun 1827

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

Angela Bayford (reader's daughter)


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Irving

Title:

preface

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16318

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:

353

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 353, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16318, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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