Record Number: 16376

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 9 July 1836: 'I remember daring to say to Sir Uvedale Price that I could not like Crabbe; and I remember -- how well! his taking the "Library" from the table and reading from it a passage to which he said his own attention had been directed by [Charles James] Fox, and which I could not choose but acknowledge to be fine poetry. But [...] I annexed to the acknowledgement a clause -- -- that the passage was not written in Crabbe's usual style. And dear Sir Uvedale [...] admitted at once that I was right.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1826 and 14 Sep 1829

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Uvedale Price

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1747

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Elizabeth Barrett

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Crabbe

Title:

The Library

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1781

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16376

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:

179

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 179, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16376, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None