Record Number: 16437

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 November 1837: 'Hearing of Miss Porter is like being a child again. I remember weeping & wailing over her romances, when I had nothing besides to weep and wail for. Whatever their faults may be, they have in them an elevation & an heroism which this learned age wd do well to learn.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1812 and 6 Mar 1824

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Jane Porter

Title:

novels

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16437

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:

298

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 298, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16437, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None