Record Number: 883
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
On Wednesday before breakfast, I read the beginning of Antoninus?s 10th. book, & I went on with it today, but not the end. My energies felt dead within me: & how could I do anything without them? Nothing but reading the 3d. vol: of Mrs. Shelley, which I despatched in two hours ? (which did come at last!! - ) No going out today. Marcus Antoninus after Mrs. Shelly [sic], and drinking tea after Marcus.
Century:1800-1849
Date:11 Aug 1831
Country:England
Timeevening
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:883
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:135
Additional Comments:
Diary entry for 11 August 1831
Citation:
Elizabeth Barrett, Elizabeth Berridge (ed.), The Barretts at Hope End: The Early Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (London, 1974), p. 135, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=883, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
There are two separate reading experiences involving Marcus Antoninus on the same day. Barrett stopped reading Antoninus to read Mary Shelley, and picked Antoninus up again when she had finished The Last Man.
