Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 16-21 May 1847:
'I went a week ago into Wilson's room & stood by the table in my lazy careless way, turning
over the leaves of an old book which lay there. "Why, Wilson! you have another Italian
grammar --" "Yes, I could'nt understand a word of the other, -- and the man of the house lent
me this" -- I turned to the title page -- written in a large distinct hand .... [italics]James
Johnstone Bevan, Milano[end italics] ...!! [...] The book was Mr Bevan's book, the landlord was
Mr Bevan's landlord; & in a house of the said landlord (not this house but another) had Mr
Bevan & two of his friends lived for a whole winter [goes on to note further association of
Bevan with landlord] [...] Is'nt this a curious coincidence?' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1847 and 21 May 1847 | ||||||||||
Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Florence | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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: | Italy |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Italian grammar |
Genre: | Textbook / self-education, Languages |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 17639 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | 14 | |
Page: | 205 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 205, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17639, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
James Johnstone Bevan had married Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cousin Arabella Hedley in August 1846; see p.211 n.7 in source. |
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