Record Number: 16357

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 15 November 1833: 'Just at this moment I am busy with Plato, trying to find out from the Parmenides what [italics]one[end italics] is and what it is not.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 7 Nov 1833 and 15 Nov 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sidmouth
county: Devonshire

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

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:

Plato

Title:

Parmenides

Genre:

Classics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16357

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

90

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16357, accessed: 20 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None