Record Number: 16314
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Ann Lowry Boyd, c. April 1831: 'For the last week I have not been at all well, & indeed was obliged yesterday to go to bed after breakfast instead of after tea, where I contrived to abstract myself out of a good deal of pain into Lord Byron's Life by Moore.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1831 and 30 Apr 1831
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End
other location: in bed
(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:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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:Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of His Life
Genre:Poetry, Biography, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:16314
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:2
Page:289
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 289, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16314, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Source eds note copy of text lent to Barrett by 'Mrs Ricardo'; see p.290 n.2, and Letter 406 (p.290), in which Barrett also reports, to Hugh Stuart Boyd, that 'I read it with so much interest, that it was finished on the day after it was begun, -- & I could scarcely dine, or drink tea, or go to sleep, in the meantime.'
