Record Number: 16374

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 9 December 1835: 'I have read lately Stilling's autobiography; & was by turns touched & amused by it. It is an instance of the durability of romance & sentiment. I read it in English of course'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1835 and 9 Dec 1835

Country:

England

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

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:

Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling

Title:

autobiography

Genre:

Social Science, Autobiog / Diary, Science, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In English translation by Samuel Jackson, 1835-36.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16374

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:

159

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 159, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16374, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None