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Record Number: 17109


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 5 March 1843: 'Here we are sound asleep. Bulwer's new Novel, "The Last of the Barons," is to be, he says, the last of Bulwer's -- and seems a poor affair, if one may judge by the single extract I have seen.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 4 Mar 1843 and 5 Mar 1843

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:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Title:

The Last of the Barons (extract)

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Source eds suggest The Athenaeum, 4 March 1843 (no.801, pp205-206), in which extracts from text appeared.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17109

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:

352-353

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 352-353, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17109, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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