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Record Number: 16399


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 May 1837: 'Yes! the extracts from Mrs Butler's play, in the Athenaeum, are very beautiful -- and so are some others which I have seen in another paper.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 15 Apr 1837 and 2 May 1837

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:

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Frances Anne Butler

Title:

The Star of Seville

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In periodicals including the Athenaeum, 15 April 1837 (no. 494, pp.258-259).

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16399

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:

241

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 241, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16399, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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