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Record Number: 2740


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Nearly the best thing she has written is L[ady] Geraldine.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Caroline Clive

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Title:

Lady Geraldine

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2740

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Caroline Clive

Title:

MS Diary

Location:

Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford

Call No:

Whitfield MS

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Caroline Clive, MS Diary, Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford, Whitfield MS, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2740, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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