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Record Number: 33862


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter 433. December 1st, 1831: "I both Simpson’s & Hutchinson’s editions of Zenophon, the double tau takes the place of the double sigma, — and sun of ksun."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1831 and 1 Dec 1831

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
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

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:

Xenophon

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33862

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield, KS

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

332-33

Additional Comments:

Letter 433. December 1st, 1831 (From EBB to Hugh Stuart Boyd).

Citation:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, KS, 1984), 2, p. 332-33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33862, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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