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Record Number: 16850


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 23-25 December 1841: 'Have you read the "Blue Belles"? Do -- it is very clever -- and besides I want you to send me the little key which belongs to the personalities. Who is Lady Dort? -- & Mrs Stewart Gardiner? Who is the painter? It is very clever -- good for its bad class!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1841 and 25 Dec 1841

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:

Frances Trollope

Title:

The Blue Belles of England

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1841

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16850

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

5

Page:

193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16850, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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