Record Number: 33749

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Diary entry, March 1, 1832: "In the evening I read a part of Pindar’s 8th Olympic. And de Genlis’s story of Delphine in the Tales of the castle, which I like because it puts me in mind of being as happy as I was when I read it first."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 Mar 1832

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Ledbury, Wellington Heath, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1831

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Pindar

Title:

Eighth Olympian Ode

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33749

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Editor:

Kelley & Hudson Phillip & 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Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning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:

220

Additional Comments:

Diary entry, March 1, 1832

Citation:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Kelley & Hudson Phillip & Ronald (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 220, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33749, accessed: 11 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None