Record Number: 19622
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The History of Pendennis (2 vols, 1849-50) by William Makepeace Thackeray was published by Bradbury and Evans in twenty-four numbers (twenty-three parts) from November 1848 to December 1850 [...] The edition the Brownings were reading, which had been lent to them by Charles Eliot Norton (see letter 2893 [in source]) was probably the one being published in Leipzig by Bernhard Tauchniz. Issued in three volumes from April 1849 to December 1850, the second volume appeared in March 1850'.
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1850 and 3 Dec 1850
Country:Italy
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:
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:n/a
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:The History of Pendennis
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1849-50
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:19622
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:2007
Vol:16
Page:235 n.2
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Kelley, Scott Lewis, Edward Hagan (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 2007), 16, p. 235 n.2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19622, accessed: 03 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Source eds.' note accompanies letter to Isa Blagden, ?3 December 1850, in which Elizabeth Barrett Browning writes: 'I send the first volume of Pendennis. We have one more which Robert is finishing' (p.235).
