Record Number: 17009

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Robert Browning to Alfred Domett, 13 July 1842: 'Sir L. Bulwer has just published a set of sing-songs -- I read two, or one, in a Review -- & thought them abominable.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 9 Jul 1842 and 13 Jul 1842

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:

Robert Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Title:

Eva; the Ill-omened Marriage, and Other Tales and Poems (extracts)

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Source eds suggest The Athenaeum, 9 July 1842 (no. 767, pp.608-09).

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17009

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

33

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17009, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None