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Record Number: 16845


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 6 December 1841: 'What a singular movement is this Puseyite one [...] Mr Milnes is a Puseyite & wrote the "One tract more," which I read at Torquay by grace of Mr Kenyon's kindness, but thought little of.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1841 and 11 Sep 1841

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torquay
county: Devonshire

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


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:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

R. M. Milnes

Title:

One Tract More, or, The System Illustrated by "The Tracts for the Times," Externally Regarded: by a Layman

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1841

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16845

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

5

Page:

182

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 182, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16845, accessed: 15 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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