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Record Number: 19634


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 22 May 1845: 'The "Memoires de Fleure," was made into an agreeable English book, with certain abbreviations, by Theodore Hook, -- & I read it a few years ago under the title of "The French stage," & something more, or something else'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1841 and 22 May 1845

Country:

n/a

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 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:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The French Stage and the French People, as illustrated in the Memoirs of M. Fleury

Genre:

Drama, Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Ed. Theodore Hook; 2 vols, 1841

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19634

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

10

Page:

229

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 229, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19634, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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