Record Number: 16855

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, 7 January 1842: 'Miss Barrett -- inferring Mr Westwood from the handwriting, -- begs his acceptance of the unworthy little book [Barret's An Essay on Mind] he does her the honour of desiring to see [...] Will he receive at the same moment, the expression of the touched & gratified feelings with which Miss Barrett read what he wrote on the subject of her later volumes [...] she is thankful for what he said so kindly in his note to her'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1841 and 7 Jan 1842

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Evangelical

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:

Thomas Westwood

Title:

Note to Elizabeth Barrett

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Letters

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16855

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:

202-203

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 202-203, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16855, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None