Record Number: 17638

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 31 March 1847: 'Thank you for the dear welcome letters [...] Tell [Arabel] to thank Mr Boyd for his kind one -- Mr Boyd's [...] came when I was ill [following miscarriage] & Robert read [it] to me -- Not that he reads my letters so in general, mind, .. but that my head swam so on that particular occasion & wd not let me read properly.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 15 Mar 1847 and 31 Mar 1847

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Pisa

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:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (reader's wife)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hugh Stuart Boyd

Title:

letter to Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17638

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

14

Page:

162

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 162, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17638, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None