Record Number: 844
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho ? by way of quieting my imagination? & heard the boys read Homer & Zenophon - & read some of Victor Hugo?s & Lamartine?s poetry ? his last song of Childe Harold. Miss Steers kindly sent a packet of French poetry to Mr. Boyd?s for me yesterday. Le dernier chant wants the Byronic character (- an inevitable want for a French composition ? ) and is not quite equal even to Lamartine.
Century:1800-1849
Date:12 Jul 1831
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ledbury
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 Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Mysteries of Udolpho
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:844
Source:Elizabeth Barrett
Editor:Elizabeth Berridge
Title:The Barretts at Hope End: The Early Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:107
Additional Comments:
Diary entry for 12 July 1831
Citation:
Elizabeth Barrett, Elizabeth Berridge (ed.), The Barretts at Hope End: The Early Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (London, 1974), p. 107, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=844, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
This was Barrett's second reading of the Mysteries of Udolpho (see ID 843).
