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Record Number: 16572


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20 February 1840: 'I never received Mr Merry's book until a very few days since. Wasn't it too bad of my dear people in Wimpole Street? [...] they [...] kept the book until boots, & shoes enough for a colony cd be made -- allowing for that corresponding genius of procrastination common to shoemakers. I really was ashamed to write to you until I had the book -- & when I had it I read it off my conscience & wrote to Mr Merry'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1840 and 20 Feb 1840

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torquay
county: Devonshire

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:

William Merry

Title:

The Philosophy of a Happy Futurity est. on the Sure Evidence of the Bible

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1839

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16572

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:

239

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 239, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16572, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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