Record Number: 3655

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter B 28 - Postmark 27/10/1858 - "The fit you took about the slavery arose not only owing to Aurora Leigh, but from your not understanding the proper use of the word."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Anna Blunden

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

22 Dec 1829

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Artist

Religion:

Christian

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:

Elizabeth Barrett Browining

Title:

Aurora Leigh

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry, Crafts

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3655

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Virginia Surtees

Title:

Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

104

Additional Comments:

From letter to Anna Blunden (Postmarked 27/10/1858).

Citation:

John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton., (London, 1972), p. 104, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3655, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None