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Record 16215

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 May 1829: 'I return Heliodorus, -- & [italics]keep[end italics] many pleasant recollections of him. The lamentation of Chariclia on the death of Calasiris, at page 171. book 7., appears to me the most [italics]eloquent[end italics] passage in the work [goes on to cite and discuss other passages]'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Mar 1829 and 5 May 1829
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 Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6 Mar 1806
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer
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: Heliodorus
Title: Aethiopica
Genre: Classics, Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16215  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1984
  Vol: 2
  Page: 187
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 187, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16215, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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