Record Number: 17639

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 16-21 May 1847: 'I went a week ago into Wilson's room & stood by the table in my lazy careless way, turning over the leaves of an old book which lay there. "Why, Wilson! you have another Italian grammar --" "Yes, I could'nt understand a word of the other, -- and the man of the house lent me this" -- I turned to the title page -- written in a large distinct hand .... [italics]James Johnstone Bevan, Milano[end italics] ...!! [...] The book was Mr Bevan's book, the landlord was Mr Bevan's landlord; & in a house of the said landlord (not this house but another) had Mr Bevan & two of his friends lived for a whole winter [goes on to note further association of Bevan with landlord] [...] Is'nt this a curious coincidence?'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 May 1847 and 21 May 1847

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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 Browning

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:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Italian grammar

Genre:

Textbook / self-education, Languages

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17639

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

14

Page:

205

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 205, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17639, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

James Johnstone Bevan had married Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cousin Arabella Hedley in August 1846; see p.211 n.7 in source.