Record Number: 33790
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry, December 2, 1831: "Dealing with Euripides. The Iphigenia in Tauris. Very inferior to the Iph: in Aulide, as far as I can read".
Century:1800-1849
Date:2 Dec 1831
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
Herefordshire
Hope End
(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:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
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:Iphigenia in Tauris
Genre:Classics, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33790
Source:Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson
Editor:n/a
Title:Diary by E. B. B.; The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1831-1832
Place of Publication:Columbus, OH
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:188
Additional Comments:
Diary entry, December 2, 1831.
Citation:
Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson, Diary by E. B. B.; The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1831-1832, (Columbus, OH, 1969), p. 188, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33790, accessed: 18 April 2025
Additional Comments:
She might be using one of the following editions: A0892] Euripides. Tragoediae IV, ad fidem MSS. Edited by R. Porson. Lipsiae, 1824. § Inscribed by EBB on title-page: E B Barrett. 1828. With her notes on inside front cover, half-title, and her annotations throughout. § Browning Collections, lot 662, purchased by Sotheran. [Wellesley] A0893] Euripides. Tragoediae Viginti cum Variis Lectionibus. Edited by J. Barnes. 6 vols. Oxonii, 1811–1812. § Inscribed by EBB on title-pages: vol. 1: Elizabeth & Robert Browning; vol. 2: Robert & E Barrett Browning; vol. 3: E B Barrett; vol. 4 on half-title (title-page missing): Robert & E Barrett Browning; vol. 5: Robert & E Barrett Browning; vol. 6: Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning. Also notes in EBB’s hand. § See Reconstruction, plate 2. § Browning Collections, lot 661, purchased by Sotheran. [ABL] A0894] Euripides. Tragoediae priores quatuor. Edited by R. Porson. Cantabrigiae, 1829. § Inscribed by EBB on fly-leaf: E. B. Barrett, Sidmouth, Devonshire, and From H. S. Boyd. § Browning Collections, lot 663, purchased by B.F. Stevens. [ ] A0895] Euripides. Euripidis Tragœdiæ XIX. Edited by Æmilius Portus. 2 vols. Heidelberg, 1597. § Greek and Latin; Vol. 2 only. EBB’s copy. On the front paste-down and fly-leaf she has made a list of the contents of the volume and has recorded the dates when the plays were read, together with a full criticism of each. There are also numerous comments, translations, etc. by her throughout the volume. Bound with A1887.1. § Browning Collections, lot 660, purchased by Quaritch. [ABL]