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Record 17390

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844: '"Les Maitres Mosaistes" I [italics]will[end italics] answer for [to friend seeking advice on choosing French fiction to read] -- it is perfectly pure, & very beautiful; and so also is "Les sept chords du lyre" -- a prose poem which delighted me'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1837 and 30 Nov 1844
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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: n/a
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: George Sand
Title: Les Maitres Mosaistes
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1837
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17390  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1991
  Vol: 9
  Page: 251
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17390, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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