Record Number: 17337
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 21 August 1844: 'I regret to say, dear Miss Barrett, that we have achieved our first reading of the book, & like silly children, who have plucked grape, by grape, till not one is left upon the stalk, we are wishing, with a sigh, that the pleasure were yet to come [...] let me thank you, first of all, for that little touch of kindness, which made itself warmly felt, when in cutting open the leaves I came to the "Romance of the Swan's Nest" [goes on to discuss other pieces in detail]'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 13 Aug 1844 and 21 Aug 1844
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:26 Nov 1814
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
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:Poems
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details13 August 1844
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17337
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:9
Page:107-108
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 107-108, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17337, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Barrett had used lines from Westwood's Beads From A Rosary as an epigraph for 'The Romance of the Swan's Nest'.
