Record Number: 16857

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 12 January 1842: 'I have won a sight of the Poetae Christiani -- but the price is ruinous -- [italics]fourteen guineas[end italics] -- and then the work consists almost entirely of Latin poets -- deducting Gregory & Nonnus, and John Damascenus & a cento from Homer by somebody or other -- Turning the leaves rapidly I do not see much else'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1842 and 12 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:

Title:

Poetae Graeci Christiani, una cum Homericus Centonibus

Genre:

Other religious, Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16857

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:

210

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 210, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16857, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None