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Record 18175

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Browning was a little beyond her. Convinced that he was a great poet, she still found him a bore at times. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a major disappointment: she thought "Sonnets from the Portuguese" were beautiful in emotion but simply not good sonnets'.
Century: 1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date: Until: 7 Sep 1905
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: county: Derbyshire
specific address: Renishaw Hall
   
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:Edith Sitwell
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7 Sep 1887
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: later 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: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Title: Sonnets from the Portuguese
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18175  
Source - Print  
  Author: G.A. Cevasco
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell
  Place of Publication: Boston
  Date of Publication: 1987
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 6
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: G.A. Cevasco, The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell (Boston, 1987), p. 6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18175, accessed: 28 March 2024

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