Record Number: 33723
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry, 14 June 1831: "While we were reading the Seven Chiefs, he observed that tho’ Plutarch preferred it to the other Tragedies of Aeschylus, he could not help believing it inferior to the Agamemnon. “It is however very long since I read this tragedy; & now I shall be able to judge better”. The “now” made me sigh. Is there any change of his reading it thro’ with me, now?"
Century:1800-1849
Date:14 Jun 1831
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Hugh Stuart Boyd
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Septem Apud Thebas
Genre:Classics, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details[Richard Porson, ed.], Aeschyli Tragoediae Septem, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1806)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33723
Source:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Editor:Kelly & Hudson Philip & Ronald
Title:Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Place of Publication:Athens, OH
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:14-15
Additional Comments:
Diary entry, 14 June 1831
Citation:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Kelly & Hudson Philip & Ronald (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 14-15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33723, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Editor's note: *[Richard Porson, ed.], Aeschyli Tragoediae Septem, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1806).
