Record Number: 33793
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry, December 19, 1831: The waking was not agreeable. But I read myself into a good humour. Hippolytus is not one of Euripides’s best plays, tho’ it is very superior to the Ipheginia in Tauris.
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Hippolytus
Genre:Classics, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33793
Source:Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson
Editor:n/a
Title:Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Place of Publication:Columbus, OH
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:193
Additional Comments:
Diary entry, December 19, 1831.
Citation:
Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson, Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Columbus, OH, 1969), p. 193, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33793, accessed: 18 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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