Record Number: 16856

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, 9 January 1842: 'My dear love -- I have just looked through the Blue Belles -- and so far as I can guess at Mrs Trollope's people [...] I should say that Lady Dort was Mrs Skinner of Portland Place -- who is really quite as absurd if not more so [goes on to identify possible originals of other characters in text]'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1842 and 9 Jan 1842

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:

Mary Russell Mitford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Dec 1787

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Anglican

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:

Frances Trollope

Title:

The Blue Belles of England

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1841

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16856

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:

203

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16856, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None