Record Number: 16342

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 2 November 1832: 'I am glad you have been reading Euripedes. I have looked at the passages you referred me to, in my Euripedes, -- and I observe that I have marked them all three. A pencil line of admiration is drawn along the whole margin of the scene you speak of, in the Orestes.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1832 and 2 Nov 1832

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sidmouth

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:

n/a

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:

Euripedes

Title:

Orestes

Genre:

Classics, Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16342

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

62

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16342, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None