Record Number: 17078

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 December 1842: 'Ah -- my poor dearest Papa! How I remember the coming of that letter to apprise him of the loss of his fortune [...] He was surrounded by his family [...] And the letter came -- & just one shadow past on his face while he read it (I marked it at the moment) & then he broke away from the melancholy, & threw himself into the jests & laughter of his innocent boys.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1829 and 27 Jul 1831

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 May 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Estate owner

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

Jamaica

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Reader's sons and daughters.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Letter announcing financial/property loss

Genre:

Unknown, Letters

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17078

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

196

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 196, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17078, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Date range given covers loss of lawsuit in 1829 and sale of family home in 1831.