Record Number: 16114

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, from Eastnor Castle, 23-24 February 1827: 'As we were going down the stairs yesterday Lady M. said to me -- "I am reading a little book now called "Miriam"-- if you should happen to meet with it you will find in its early part, one page which puts me strongly in mind of you -- of your character -- but you shall not see it [italics]here[end italics]." I did not know what to say, but felt very uncomfortable & looked very foolish -- promising myself to lay hold of "Miriam" & of Lady Margaret's opinion respecting me, at the first opportunity.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 23 Feb 1827 and 24 Feb 1827

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Herefordshire
specific address: Eastnor Castle

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Margaret Maria Cocks

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

aristocrat

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Anley

Title:

Miriam; Or, the Power of Truth

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1826

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16114

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

30

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16114, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See p.31 n.6 in source for quotation of relevant extract from chapter II of text, in which character Miriam described as 'gifted with great intellectual quickness [...] yet with much of what the world would call [italics]romantic[end italics]'.