Record Number: 16365

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Robert Browning to Andre Victor Amadee de Ripert-Monclar, 30 July 1835: 'I have you to thank [...] for some very clever books by the Marquis de Fortia which I have read with the greatest interest [...] I happen to have met with a work of his, since writing to you last, on the passage of Hannibal over the Alps, which delighted me.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Jun 1835 and 30 Jul 1835

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Agricole Fortia d'Urban

Title:

works including Dissertation sur le Passage du Rhone et les Alpes par Annibal

Genre:

Classics, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1821

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16365

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

143

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 143, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16365, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None