Record Number: 19539

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 January 1846: 'Any more news of Balzac? "Les petits maneges" I have read & thought excellent -- but it is a continuation of that odious book .. "Les amours forces" -- "Beatrix," remember.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 24 Dec 1844 and 6 Jan 1846

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 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:

Honore de Balzac

Title:

Les Petits Menages d'une Femme verteuse

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Serialised in Le Messager from 29 December 1844, as sequel to Beatrix ou les Amours forces

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19539

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

11

Page:

288

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1993), 11, p. 288, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19539, accessed: 25 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None