Record Number: 15963

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to her uncle, Samuel Moulton-Barrett, c. December 1816: 'every one here declares against [Southey] allowing him very few beauties [...] for my part he is one of my favorite poets [...] Bum [aunt] is the only person who agreed with me, indeed she only read "Thalaba," but she thought it both beautiful, and descriptive'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1816

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:

Arabella Graham-Clarke

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

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:

Robert Southey

Title:

Thalaba the Destroyer

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15963

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

1

Page:

27

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15963, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None