Record Number: 33751

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Diary entry, April 17, 1832: "Read the two last Olympic odes today, - except a few lines of the last but one. The very last, to the Graces, is most harmonious & beautiful. I recollect Mr. Boyd’s repeating it to me at Great Malvern in 1830, when I was paying him a long & happy visit. NYN D' OLWLE!! – Not the ode – which is deathless."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

17 Apr 1832

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Olympian Odes

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33751

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Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning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:

236

Additional Comments:

Diary entry, April 17, 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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Kelley & Hudson Phillip & Ronald (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 236, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33751, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None