Record Number: 17602

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 December 1844: 'If you do not remember the memoires of "La Grande Mademoiselle" as she was called, mind to read them again. They made me laugh and cry -- [italics]at[end itaics] her & [italics]with[end italics] her.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

Evangelical

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:

Anne Marie Louise Henriette d'Orleans Duchesse de Montpensier

Title:

Memoires

Genre:

History, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published in 6 vols, 1728

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17602

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:

293

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 293, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17602, accessed: 25 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None