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Record 16592

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 15 May 1840: 'I had finished Napoleon & was about to write to you on the subject -- & I will still write.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Apr 1840 and 15 May 1840
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Torquay
county: Devonshire
   
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: Richard Hengist Horne
Title: The History of Napoleon
Genre: History, Biography, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 2 vols, 1840
Provenance: n/a

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16592  
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: 272
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 272, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16592, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

See also Letter 762, pp.279-280 in source, for Barrett's fuller discussion of text read.

 

 

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