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Record Number: 16522


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 October 1838: 'I did not receive Finden immediately. I had desired Papa to unpack & take possession of it -- because I fancied [...] it might be a pleasure to him. From this arrangement I have scarcely finished my own vision of the beautiful volume [goes on to discuss contents of anthology in detail, praising Mitford's pieces in it, as well as other contents including poetry by Richard Edwin Austin Townsend, John Chorley, and Henry Chorley; also thanks Mitford, editor of volume, for manner in which she presented Barrett's own contribution, 'The Romaunt of the Page']'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 15 Oct 1838 and 30 Oct 1838

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:

Evangelical

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:

Title:

Findens' Tableaux of the Affections: A Series of Picturesque Illustrations of the Womanly Virtues

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry, Arts / architecture, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Ed. Mary Russell Mitford; late October, 1838.

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

16522

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

4

Page:

101

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16522, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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