Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20 November 1844:
'I read "La Torpille" -- but I cannot give you any information, such as you ask for [...] As to
Casimir Delavigne, I dislike his poetry so much that I dont think I [italics]can[end italics] try
to read any more of it.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 November 1844:
'What works of Casimir Delavigne have you read? [...] I have read "Louis the Eleventh [sic],"
"Marino Faliero," "Les Enfans d'Edouard [sic]," "Don Juan d'Autriche," "La Popularite," "La Fille
du Cid," "Une Famille du temps de Luther [sic]," forming the second and third series of his
"Theatre." To me they seem full of talent; striking the just medium between the slowness and
dullness of what they call the classical drama [...] and the unnatural and exaggerated
contrasts and surprises of Victor Hugo'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Russell Mitford Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844:
'I read Don Juan d'Autriche -- & looked into a good deal, .. or perhaps not a good deal, .. of
Casimir Delavigne's other plays -- but he seemed to me to pine after Racine & the
([italics]French[end italics]) classic abominations of desolation so obviously that I turned back.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 November 1844:
'I read Don Juan d'Autriche -- & looked into a good deal, .. or perhaps not a good deal, .. of
Casimir Delavigne's other plays -- but he seemed to me to pine after Racine & the
([italics]French[end italics]) classic abominations of desolation so obviously that I turned back.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
