| Evidence: | "In the early 1870s Browning frequently dined at the Chelsea home of the newly married Sir Charles Dilke. In 1872 he read there Red Cotton Nightcap Country (1873) -- 'at his own request'" |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1872 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Robert Browning |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Browning |
| Title: | Red Cotton Nightcap Country |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3427 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philip Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 364 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 364, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3427, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
| Quotation from Stephen Gwynn and Gertrude M. Tuckwell, The LIfe of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Dilke, Bart. M.P. (2 vols, 1917) 1:160. |
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