Record Number: 16592

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 15 May 1840: 'I had finished Napoleon & was about to write to you on the subject -- & I will still write.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1840 and 15 May 1840

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torquay
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:

Evangelical

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:

Richard Hengist Horne

Title:

The History of Napoleon

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, 1840

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16592

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

4

Page:

272

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 272, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16592, accessed: 05 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also Letter 762, pp.279-280 in source, for Barrett's fuller discussion of text read.