Record Number: 17635
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 8 February 1847: 'The "Siecle" has for a feuilleton a new romance of Soulie's called "Saturnin Fichet," which is really not good .. & tiresome to boot. Robert & I began by each of us reading it, but after a little while he left me alone being certain that no good could come of such a work: so, of course, ever since, I have been exclaiming & exclaiming as to the wonderful improvement & increasing beauty & glory of it, .. just to justify myself, & to make him sorry for not having persevered! The truth is, however, that but for obstinacy, I should give up too. Deplorably dull, the story is, .. & there is a crowd of people each more indifferent than each'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 16 Dec 1846 and 8 Feb 1847
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Pisa
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:
Reading Group:Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writers
Religion:various
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Les Aventures de Saturnin Fichet ou la Conspiration de la Rouarie
Genre:Fiction, Literature
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsSerialised in Le Siecle, 16 December 1846 - 8 May 1847
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17635
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:14
Page:116
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 116, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17635, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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