Record Number: 17388

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844: 'I read Don Juan d'Autriche -- & looked into a good deal, .. or perhaps not a good deal, .. of Casimir Delavigne's other plays -- but he seemed to me to pine after Racine & the ([italics]French[end italics]) classic abominations of desolation so obviously that I turned back.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1835 and 30 Nov 1844

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

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:

Casimir Delavigne

Title:

Don Juan d'Autriche, ou la Vocation

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1835

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17388

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

9

Page:

251

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17388, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None