Record Number: 33722
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry, 14 June 1831: "He [Mr. Boyd] was not in good spirits. No more was his companion – I talked however as well as I could, - & read as well as I could besides, out of the Septem Apud Thebas, which I began today in his Porson’s edition. Read 78 lines. I do like reading with him"
Century:1800-1849
Date:14 Jun 1831
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: Herefordshire
county: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills,
specific address: Hope End
(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:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Hugh Stuart Boyd
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Septem Apud Thebas
Genre:Classics, Drama, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details[Richard Porson, ed.], Aeschyli Tragoediae Septem, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1806)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33722
Source:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Editor:Kelley & Hudson Philip & Ronald
Title:Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Place of Publication:Athens, OH
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:14
Additional Comments:
Diary entry, 14 June 1831
Citation:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Kelley & Hudson Philip & Ronald (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33722, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Editor's note: *[Richard Porson, ed.], Aeschyli Tragoediae Septem, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1806).
