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Record 7742

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Before I forget again?have you looked into the "History of a Flirt"? [The History of a Flirt, related by Herself ? by the author of "The Manoeuvring Mother"] The name may alarm you ? but the writer "leans to Miss Austen?s side," ? as I remember dear Dr. Mitford and yourself do - & there is some power and much truth to nature.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jun 1841 and 2 Jul 1841
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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:Elizabeth Barrett
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6 Mar 1806
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Poet
Religion: Evangelical Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Also known as Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mrs Robert Browning

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [author of "The Manoeuvering Mother"] anon
Title: History of a Flirt, The
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7742  
Source - Print  
  Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  Editor: Meredith B. Raymond
  Title: The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford 1836-1854
  Place of Publication: Armstrong Browning Library of Baylor University, The Browning Institute, Wedgestone Press and Wellesley College
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: 1
  Page: 232
  Additional comments: second editor is Mary Rose Sullivan Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 Jul 1841

Citation: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Meredith B. Raymond (ed.), The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford 1836-1854 (Armstrong Browning Library of Baylor University, The Browning Institute, Wedgestone Press and Wellesley College, 1983), 1, p. 232, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7742, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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