Record Number: 19520
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, letter postmarked 19 September 1845: 'I began to write last saturday to thank you for all the delight, I had in Shelley [...] Besides the translations, some of the original poems were not in my copy & were, so, quite new to me. "Marianne's Dream" I had been curious about to no end -- I only know it now.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Sep 1845 and 19 Sep 1845
Country:England
Timen/a
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Posthumous Poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1824
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:19520
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:11
Page:91
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1993), 11, p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19520, accessed: 12 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Copy of text apparently lent to Barrett by Browning; see p.91 n.1 in source.