Record Number: 17246

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Richard Hengist Horne to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 August 1843: 'Miss Mitford read to me -- and with what a melodious feeling she reads poetry -- your "House of Clouds." I did not know of it before. I thought it very beautiful [...] Miss Mitford thought it your [italics]best[end italics] production -- I, one of them.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1843 and 27 Aug 1843

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:

Mary Russell Mitford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1787

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Richard Hengist Horne

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett

Title:

'The House of Clouds'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17246

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

7

Page:

294

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 294, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17246, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None