Record Number: 17090

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 December 1842: 'Did you ever look at -- I dont say [italics]read[end italics] -- the "Sofa" of Crebillon fils. I sent for it once in the innocense [sic] of my ignorance, & after a quarter of an hour's turning of the leaves dropped it like a burning iron. It is the most disgusting sensual book I ever [italics]tried[end italics] to read -- but [italics]did'nt[end italics] read, I do assure you.'

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Unknown

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon fils

Title:

Le Sopha, Conte Moral

Genre:

Fiction, Erotica

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17090

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

245

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17090, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None