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Record Number: 17091


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 December 1842: 'I remember [...] reading in the curious Memoires d'une femme de qualite, a mot upon Madme de Genlis who was said to have confessed in [italics]her[end italics] memoirs [italics]everybody's sins except her own[end italics].'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1829 and 30 Dec 1842

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:

Etienne Leon de Lamothe-Langon

Title:

Memoires d'une Femme de Qualite sur Louis XVIII, sa Cour et son Regne

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1829

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17091

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:

253

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17091, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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