Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Basic Search

Advanced Search

Record 16515

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Noon Talfourd, 13 June 1838: 'Miss Barrett presents her compliments to Mr Serjeant Talfourd, and desires to express to him her thankfulness both for his very obliging note [of 2 June 1838], and also and in particular for the valued present accompanying it. She is glad to be able to associate with the true pleasure with which she lately read his beautiful play, the gratification of now receiving it from its author.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 2 Jun 1838 and 13 Jun 1838
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: Thomas Noon Talfourd
Title: The Athenian Captive
Genre: Drama, Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1838
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16515  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1986
  Vol: 4
  Page: 47
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16515, accessed: 23 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

Reading Experience Database version 2.0.  Page updated: 27th Apr 2016  3:15pm (GMT)