Record Number: 19519
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, letter postmarked 11 September 1845: 'Mrs Shelley found Italy for the first time, real Italy at Sorrento, she says. Oh that book -- does one wake or sleep? [...] Godwin's daughter and Shelley's wife, and who surely was something better once upon a time [...] the intrepidity of the commonplace quite astounds me [goes on to criticise specific passages] [...] once she travelled the country with Shelley on arm; now she plods it, [Samuel] Rogers in hand [...] I quarrel with her, for ever, I think.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 31 Aug 1845 and 11 Sep 1845
Country:England
Timen/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:7 May 1812
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:unknown
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:Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842 and 1843
Genre:Geography / Travel, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details2 vols, 1844
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19519
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:11
Page:69-70
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1993), 11, p. 69-70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19519, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Copy of text sent by Barrett with letter of 31 August; see p.70 n.6 in source.
