Record Number: 19073
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 18 January 1845: 'Paul [de Kock] is the writer of farce, .. broad farce ..: and for impulsive gaiety, he has not his peer. I think the more of him just now, because they sent me, a few days since, by a mistake for another work, from the library, "Mon ami Piffard," which is not his best work, & yet set me laughing most cordially. It's a farce rolled out into the narrative form, -- neither more nor less-- A little nasty, of course, to mark, not exactly the [talics]hoof[end italics] of Paul, but his snout. -- But what particuarly struck me [...] was the impulse, the can't-help-myself joyousness of the book [...] I hope it isn't the indecency which I take so kindly in him'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1845 and 18 Jan 1845
Country:England
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Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Mon Ami Piffard; et Chipolata
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1845
ProvenanceBorrowed (circulating library)
Source Information:
Record ID:19073
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:10
Page:28
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1992), 10, p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19073, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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