Record Number: 33790

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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

Time

n/a

Place:

Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
Herefordshire
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

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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

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Euripides

Title:

Iphigenia in Tauris

Genre:

Classics, Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33790

Source:

Print

Author:

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Diary by E. B. B.; The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1831-1832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Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson, Diary by E. B. B.; The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1831-1832, (Columbus, OH, 1969), p. 188, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33790, accessed: 09 May 2025

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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]