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Record Number: 19063


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6-[8] January 1845: 'As to Napoleon, if he had walked less in blood, I could have given him a fuller sympathy -- but there were fine things in him [...] Las Casas [sic] I read years ago, & will read soon over again.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1823 and 8 Jan 1845

Country:

unknown

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:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Las Cases

Title:

Memorial de Saint Helene

Genre:

Biography, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1823

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19063

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

10

Page:

8

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19063, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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