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Record Number: 19615


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?27 July 1850: 'I return the "Confidences" with thanks upon thanks. Both Robert & I began with a sort of interest & pleasure, & ended with a sort of sickness of the book & the man. Weakness & falseness are two bad things indeed.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1850 and 27 Jul 1850

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writers

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine

Title:

Les Confidences

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1849

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

19615

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

16

Page:

166

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 166, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19615, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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