Record Number: 17102

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Benjamin Robert Haydon, in his Autobiography, mentions 'Liz', 'An attractive girl on the second floor of a house full of young men ... [who] attached herself to the party, made tea for them, marketed with them, carved for them, went to the lay with them, read Shakespeare with them,' going on to remark, 'Her position was anomalous, but I firmly believe it was innocent ... She was a girl with a man's mind ... as interesting a girl as you would wish to see'.

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

Liz

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

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:

William Shakespeare

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17102

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

308 n.1

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 308 n.1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17102, accessed: 28 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

Passage quoted by source eds appears in I. 54-55 of Haydon's autobiography.