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Record Number: 19616


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?27 July 1850: 'I am finishing the "Memoires d'un medecin"'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1850 and 27 Jul 1850

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Alexandre Dumas (pere)

Title:

Memoires d'un medecin: Joseph Balsamo

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

19 vols, 1846-1848

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19616

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

16

Page:

167

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 167, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19616, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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