| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 March 1843:
'Notwithstanding my admiration of Bulwer, I had the hardest & most laborious work passing
through his "Last of the Barons" (May it be the last of his romances wrought after such a
fashion!) [...] There are threads of golden beauty [...] the sub-stuff being strong, & stiff, &
useful -- very good stout history [...] but as for romance & poetic Art, the Goddess of useful
knowledge has set her face against them.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1843 and 21 Mar 1843 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Edward George Bulwer-Lytton |
| Title: | The Last of the Barons |
| Genre: | Fiction, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1843 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17128 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1989 | |
| Vol: | 7 | |
| Page: | 15 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 15, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17128, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
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