Record Number: 33843
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry. February 15th, 1832: "I have finished my translation. lines of Aeschylus translated in a fortnight. I think I am satisfied — tolerably satisfied. But the original is too magnificent for translation."
Century:1800-1849
Date:15 Feb 1832
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Prometheus Bound
Genre:Classics, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsAeschylus. Prometheus Vinctus. Edited by C. J. Blomfield. Cantabrigiae, 1810.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33843
Source: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Title:Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning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:216
Additional Comments:
Diary entry. February 15th, 1832
Citation:
Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), p. 216, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33843, accessed: 21 December 2024
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]
