Record Number: 33723
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry, 14 June 1831: "While we were reading the Seven Chiefs, he observed that tho� Plutarch preferred it to the other Tragedies of Aeschylus, he could not help believing it inferior to the Agamemnon. �It is however very long since I read this tragedy; & now I shall be able to judge better�. The �now� made me sigh. Is there any change of his reading it thro� with me, now?"
Century:1800-1849
Date:14 Jun 1831
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Hugh Stuart Boyd
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Septem Apud Thebas
Genre:Classics, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details[Richard Porson, ed.], Aeschyli Tragoediae Septem, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1806)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33723
Source:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Editor:Kelly & Hudson Philip & Ronald
Title:Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Place of Publication:Athens, OH
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:14-15
Additional Comments:
Diary entry, 14 June 1831
Citation:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Kelly & Hudson Philip & Ronald (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 14-15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33723, accessed: 04 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Editor's note: *[Richard Porson, ed.], Aeschyli Tragoediae Septem, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1806).
