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Record Number: 19623


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?3 December, 1850: 'I send the first volume of Pendennis. We have one more which Robert is finishing'.

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1850 and 3 Dec 1850

Country:

Italy

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:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Title:

The History of Pendennis

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1849-50

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

19623

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:

235

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 235, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19623, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

See p.235 n.2 in source for details of possible edition read; source eds. also note that copy of text lent by Charles Eliot Norton.

   
   
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