Record Number: 16548

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 13 December 1839: 'I have lately held within my hands Miss Eliza Cook's poems [...] [comments upon book's introduction and frontispiece] [...] The sight of the book & its whole tone amused me very much. For the rest I cd read nothing in it worth reading again.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1839 and 13 Dec 1839

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torquay

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:

Eliza Cook

Title:

Melaia, and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published in 1840

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16548

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

4

Page:

214-215

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 214-215, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16548, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None