Record Number: 16565
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, late January 1840: 'Have you seen Mrs Gore & Mrs Trollope in their late avatars? "Preferment", with an undeniable cleverness, is dull & heavy [...] As to "One fault", with neither dulness nor heaviness, the book seems to [italics]me[end italics] far less clever than Mrs Trollope's books generally or always are [goes on to discuss aspects of this text, including plot, further]'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Jan 1840
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Torquay
county: Devonshire
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Preferment: or, My Uncle the Earl
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details3 vols, 1840
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16565
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:4
Page:230
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 230, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16565, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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