Record Number: 33867

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter 447. April, 19th, 1832: "I have looked over the first Pythian again. The finest passage in it, is longer than Synesius’s ninth hymn"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1831 and 19 Apr 1832

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

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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:

Pindar

Title:

First Pythian Ode

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33867

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield, KS

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

3

Page:

13-14

Additional Comments:

Letter 447. April, 19th, 1832 (From EBB to Hugh Stuart Boyd)

Citation:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, KS, 1984), 3, p. 13-14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33867, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None