Record Number: 33841

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Diary entry. February 11th, 1832: "Intended to have finished the Prometheus today. Not possible"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

11 Feb 1832

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
Herefordshire
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 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Aeschylus

Title:

Prometheus Bound

Genre:

Classics, Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Aeschylus. Prometheus Vinctus. Edited by C. J. Blomfield. Cantabrigiae, 1810.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33841

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson

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Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning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

215

Additional Comments:

Diary entry. February 11th, 1832

Citation:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 215, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33841, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

EBB is probably using the following edition: A0021] Aeschylus. Prometheus Vinctus. Edited by C. J. Blomfield. Cantabrigiae, 1810. § Inscribed by EBB on title-page: E libris Roberti & Elizabethæ Barrett. With marginal notes on 3 pages by EBB. § Browning Collections, lot 312, purchased by Meynell. [ABL]