Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 27 November 1842:
''Have you observed what I have observed [...] that Charles Dickens has meditated deeply &
not without advantage upon Victor Hugo, -- and that some of his very finest things .. (all for
instance of the Jew's condemnation-hours in Oliver Twist) .. are taken from Victor Hugo, ..
"Les derniers jours d'un condamne" & passim? I admire Boz very absolutely & gratefully [...]
but my sense of his power & genius grew grey & weak [...] with reading Hugo.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 31 Dec 1837 and 27 Nov 1842 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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 |
Author: | Victor Hugo |
Title: | Les derniers jours d'un condamne |
Genre: | Unknown, Crime |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17030 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
Vol: | 6 | |
Page: | 180 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 180, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17030, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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