Record Number: 3875

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter of Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, May 7 1846 ?Miss Heaton ? told me yesterday that the poetess proper of the city of Leeds was ?Mrs A.? ? as she lives in Leeds and write verses we call her our poetess! ? her ?Spirit of the Woods,? and of the ?Flowers? has been much admired I assure you.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Leeds

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:

Ellen Heaton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

18 Nov 1816

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Woman with private means, art collector

Religion:

Christian

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:

Rebecca Hey

Title:

The Moral of Flowers (1833) and The Spirit of the Woods (1837)

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3875

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Virginia Surtees

Title:

Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

258-9 (appendix B)

Additional Comments:

The letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, 1845-6, 1899, ii, pp.133-4. The letter goes on to explain that the poetess?s name was ?Mrs Hey?. From the editor?s footnote: ?Mrs Rebecca Hey had written three books, published in Leeds, The Moral of Flowers (1833), The Spirit of the Woods (1837), Recollections of the Lakes and other Poems, (1841)

Citation:

John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton, (London, 1972), p. 258-9 (appendix B), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3875, accessed: 08 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None