Record Number: 16570
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Septimus Moulton-Barrett, 6 February 1840: ''Tell [Papa] too what I forgot to tell, that I have finished Shelley's volumes which, if it were not for the here & there defilement of his atrocious opinions [...] would have very deeply delighted me. As it is there are traces of my pencil "[italics]in a passion[end italics]" as dear Georgie [brother] would say. [goes on to criticise Shelley's translations from Plato in particular]'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1840 and 6 Jan 1840
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Torquay
county: Devonshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
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:Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments
Genre:Classics, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Philosophy, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEd. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 2 vols, 1840.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16570
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:4
Page:233
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 233, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16570, accessed: 16 February 2025
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