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Record Number: 16001


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Uvedale Price, 30 December 1826, in response to his MS dissertation on Charterhouse pronunciation of classical Greek: 'my brother [a Charterhouse pupil] & I were much gratfified by reading your m.s. before we dispatched it [to John Russell]'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Dec 1826 and 30 Dec 1826

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

Elizabeth Barrett and Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

various

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Uvedale Price

Title:

dissertation on modern pronunciation of classical Greek

Genre:

Classics, Essays / Criticism, Languages

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16001

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

279

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 279, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16001, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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