Record Number: 17015
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 September 1842: 'Will Mrs Partridge receive the expression of my earnest thoughts for her happiness? [...] But I never had the pleasure of seeing Mr Partridge on either side the Alps -- never alas! WAS on any side but one [...] I read in the paper lately that Elizabeth Barrett was reprieved from capital punishment. So "we are [italics]three[end italics]" -- or were at least.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 20 Aug 1842 and 14 Sep 1842
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:report of reprieve of condemned criminal Elizabeth Barrett
Genre:Law, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17015
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:6
Page:77
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 77, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17015, accessed: 25 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Source eds note that the Morning Chronicle of 20 August reported reprieve in sentence of Elizabeth Barrett, tried at Chester, for murder of her 9-month-old child (see p.78 n.11). In p.78 n.12 source eds suggest that third Elizabeth Barrett referred to possibly a geranium that Mitford had named after the author.
