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Record Number: 33729


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Diary entry, August 17, 1831: "Finished Cebes and began Theophrastus. Clouds -& imitation of yesterday's thunderstorm; and fortunately for my nerves, Virgil to Homer!”

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

17 Aug 1831

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Malvern Hills, Ledbury, Wellington Heath
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End

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:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Evangelical Anglican

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:

Theophrastus

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Classics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33729

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning,

Editor:

Phillip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson

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Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning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:

92

Additional Comments:

Diary entry, August 17, 1831

Citation:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning,, Phillip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 92, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33729, accessed: 05 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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