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Record 17015

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 September 1842: 'Will Mrs Partridge receive the expression of my earnest thoughts for her happiness? [...] But I never had the pleasure of seeing Mr Partridge on either side the Alps -- never alas! WAS on any side but one [...] I read in the paper lately that Elizabeth Barrett was reprieved from capital punishment. So "we are [italics]three[end italics]" -- or were at least.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 20 Aug 1842 and 14 Sep 1842
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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:
Title: report of reprieve of condemned criminal Elizabeth Barrett
Genre: Law, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17015  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1988
  Vol: 6
  Page: 77
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 77, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17015, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Source eds note that the Morning Chronicle of 20 August reported reprieve in sentence of Elizabeth Barrett, tried at Chester, for murder of her 9-month-old child (see p.78 n.11). In p.78 n.12 source eds suggest that third Elizabeth Barrett referred to possibly a geranium that Mitford had named after the author.

 

 

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