Record Number: 16232
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 21 December 1829: 'I have been reading over again Plato's Phaedon [...] The reasoning seems to me very inconsecutive & inconclusive [...] But the style is a veil of golden tissue, like that which over- hung the countenance of Moore's Veiled Prophet [in Lalla Rookh]: and let no-one upraise it! [...] Do you recollect the chapters on natural philosophy? How splendid they are!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1829 and 31 Dec 1829
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Phaedon
Genre:Classics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:16232
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Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:2
Page:226
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 226, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16232, accessed: 09 May 2025
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