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Record 16064

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'At four and a half my great delight was poring over fairy phenomenons and the actions of necromancers -- & the seven champions of Christendom in "Popular tales" has beguiled many a weary hour.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 6 Mar 1806 and 30 Jun 1818
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Elizabeth Barrett
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6 Mar 1806
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: child
Religion: Evangelical
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Richard Johnson
Title: The Famous Historie of the Seven Champions of Christendom
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1579
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16064  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1984
  Vol: 1
  Page: 349
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 349, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16064, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Evidence from Elizabeth Barrett's 'Glimpses into My Own Life and Literary Character' (composed 1820). Source editors note that "The Seven Champions of Christendom" did not appear in Maria Edgeworth's Popular Tales (p.349 n.6).

 

 

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