Record Number: 16739
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 October 1841: 'I never read Leigh Hunt's book [...] because (now comes a foolish reason) I had understood that he said cruel things & ungrateful of poor Lord Byron [...] Lately, wishing to think Leigh Hunt above that shame, I have been wishing myself to get the book & make it out "not so bad". Strange, that you shd read it only now! -- just now!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1841 and 25 Oct 1841
Country:England
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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:Female
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1787
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:Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1828
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16739
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:5
Page:156
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 156, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16739, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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