Record Number: 16334
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, July 1832: 'Poor Sir Walter Scott! You have heard that he is dying [...] The other night Papa read a passage from the Lady of the Lake to me; and I did not like to hear it. It sounded like something unnatural -- as if you were looking at a broken instrument, & hearing its sweetest music at the same time. [...] You know I am not an admirer of Sir Walter's poetry.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jul 1832 and 31 Jul 1832
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:28 May 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Estate owner
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Jamaica
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Elizabeth Barrett (reader's daughter).
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Lady of the Lake
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16334
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1985
Vol:3
Page:31
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16334, accessed: 08 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None