| Evidence: | [her governess Helen Roothman] 'introduced Edith to the works of Verlaine, Rimbaud and Mallarme. Though Edith had had a taste for Baudelaire through Swinburne's translations of the author of "Les Fleurs du mal", she found her governess' favorites even more to her liking'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1903 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Derbyshire specific address: Renishaw Hall |
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| 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 |
| Author: | Charles Baudelaire |
| Title: | Les fleurs du mal |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | translated into English by Swinburne |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18179 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | G.A. Cevasco, The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell (Boston, 1987), p. 7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18179, accessed: 02 December 2023 | |
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