Record Number: 16729

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 15 July 1841: 'I have read the Bells & Pomegranates! -- "Pippa passes" .. comprehension, I was going to say! [...] There are fine things in it -- & the presence of genius, never to be denied! -- At the same time it is hard .. [italics]to understand[end italics] -- is'nt it?'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1841 and 15 Jul 1841

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:

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:

Robert Browning

Title:

Pippa Passes (Bells and Pomegranates, No. I)

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

April 1841

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16729

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

5

Page:

75

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 75, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16729, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None