| Evidence: | On Wednesday before breakfast, I read the beginning of Antoninus?s 10th. book, & I went on with it today, but not the end. My energies felt dead within me: & how could I do anything without them? Nothing but reading the 3d. vol: of Mrs. Shelley, which I despatched in two hours ? (which did come at last!! - ) No going out today. Marcus Antoninus after Mrs. Shelly [sic], and drinking tea after Marcus. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 11 Aug 1831 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ledbury specific address: Hope End |
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| 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: | n/a |
| Author: | Marcus Antoninus |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 883 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Barrett | |
| Editor: | Elizabeth Berridge | |
| Title: | The Barretts at Hope End: The Early Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 135 | |
| Additional comments: | Diary entry for 11 August 1831 |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Barrett, Elizabeth Berridge (ed.), The Barretts at Hope End: The Early Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (London, 1974), p. 135, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=883, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
| There are two separate reading experiences involving Marcus Antoninus on the same day. Barrett stopped reading Antoninus to read Mary Shelley, and picked Antoninus up again when she had finished The Last Man. |
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