| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Arabella Moulton-Barrett [sister], 16-19 December 1850, on 18 December:
'We have been reading together Tennyson's "In Memoriam" in the evenings. Most beautiful and pathetic. I read aloud, Robert looking over the page -- & we talked & admired & criticised every separate stanza. Now, we are going in like manner through Shelley.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1850 and 18 Dec 1850 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Florence | ||||||||||
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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: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Robert Browning |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
| Title: | In Memoriam |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1850 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 19631 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 2007 | |
| Vol: | 16 | |
| Page: | 253 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19631, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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