Record Number: 16598

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Arabella Moulton-Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 28 January 1839: 'You may fancy our surprise when, upon opening the Athenaeum, on Saturday, the first thing Papa saw, was these lines ["L.E.L.'s Last Question"] of Ba [Elizabeth Barrett]'s, -- who had written them & sent them to the editor, unknown to any one.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1839 and 28 Jan 1839

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:

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 May 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Estate owner

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

Jamaica

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Title:

'L.E.L.'s Last Question'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Athenaeum

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16598

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:

346

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 346, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16598, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None