| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 17 December 1842:
'I sent Pere Goriot [...] because it is my belief that I never mentioned to you the name of
Balzac, & that he [italics]is[end italics], nevertheless, the most powerful writer of the French
day next to Victor Hugo & George Sand! [...] Pere Goriot is a very painful book -- but full of
moody power, dashed with blood & mud. It appears to me the most powerful work of its
writer, I have read -- & also the most open to tenderness.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1841 and 17 Dec 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: | Honore de Balzac |
| Title: | Le Pere Goriot |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17085 | |
| 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: | 228 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 228, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17085, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
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