Record Number: 16531

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, late March 1839: 'Beloved Papa & Sette were obliged to go away two days ago [...] Sette's gossipings & secret- tellings were such delightful [italics]old newnesses[end italics]. I used to think in quite the old times when he read Caesar to me -- his eyes [...] holding communion with Punch [apparently a pet] out of the window, -- that I was unfortunate to have no more power in the way of enforcing discipline. It is better as it is -- It is better to be loved than feared'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

Septimus Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 Feb 1822

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Elizabeth Barrett (reader's sister)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Caesar

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Classics, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16531

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

4

Page:

122

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 122, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16531, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None