Record Number: 16317

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 15 November 1831: 'I have been reading an article in the Quarterly Review this morning [italics]about[end italics] the administration, where of course bill the second, is prophetically considered as dead & buried, & Lord Grey turned out. Nothing beats the insolence of the writer except his own folly!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Nov 1831

Country:

England

Time

morning

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

'Letter to the Lords' (article concerning Reform Bill)

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Quarterly Review, No. XCI, pp.274-312.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16317

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

330

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 330, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16317, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None