Record Number: 16233
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, Monday 28 December 1829, thanking him for his epitaph on a cat, and following critical appraisal of it: 'You told me never to read anything of yours to anybody, because I read so badly. Notwithstanding this, I did transgress on Saturday by reading your [italics]feline[end italics] epitaph to Bro, because I thought it sounded better when read in [italics]our[end italics] way, than Carthusianly, as he would have read it. And as I read really very slowly (for [italics]me[end italics]!) & distinctly [...] you need not bewail yourself nor be severe upon me.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:26 Dec 1829
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: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
Edward Moulton-Barrett (reader's brother).
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Greek epitaph 'On the death of a favourite Tom Cat'
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16233
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:2
Page:227
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 227, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16233, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
