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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Harriet Martineau on her first acquaintance with Robert Browning's poetry, 'a wonderful event': 'Mr. Macready put "Paracelsus" into my hand, when I was staying at his hou...Harriet Martineau Robert BrowningParacelsusPrint: Book
1800-1849'The unbounded expectation I [Harriet Martineau] formed from "Paracelsus"[...] was sadly disappointed when "Sordello" came out. I was so wholly unable to understand it t...Harriet Martineau Robert BrowningSordelloPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Then, when I was twelve we had a really good poetry book which contained extracts from "The Excursion", part of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", "The Eve of Saint Agnes", "...Edwin Muir Robert BrowningThe Pied Piper of HamelinPrint: Book
1850-1899Taking a book of Browning's poems from his pocket he showed Louis a verse which he said he could not understand...bending forward, his hands clasped, he gazed expectant, ...Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Browning Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 August 1836: 'I can tell you [...] of [John Kenyon's] having given himself a great deal of kind trouble in finding the ...Elizabeth Barrett Robert BrowningParacelsusPrint: Book
1800-1849John Stuart Mill to W. J. Fox, c.25 June 1833: 'I send "Pauline," having done all I could, which was to annotate copiously in the margin and sum up on the fly-leaf. ...John Stuart Mill Robert BrowningPaulinePrint: Book
1800-1849Walter Savage Landor to Robert Browning, c.18 March 1840: 'Three days have nearly slipped by me since I received your poem [Sordello] [...] You much overrate my judg...Walter Savage Landor Robert BrowningParacelsusPrint: Book
1800-1849William Charles Macready, in diary entry for 3 August 1840: 'Read Browning's play [The Return of the Druses], and with the deepest concern I yield to the belief that...William Charles Macready Robert BrowningThe Return of the DrusesManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Thomas Carlyle to Robert Browning, 21 June 1841: 'Many months ago you were kind enough to send me your Sordello; and now this day I have been looking into your Pippa p...Thomas Carlyle Robert BrowningSordelloPrint: Book
1800-1849Thomas Carlyle to Robert Browning, 21 June 1841: 'Many months ago you were kind enough to send me your Sordello; and now this day I have been looking into your Pippa...Thomas Carlyle Robert BrowningPippa PassesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 15 July 1841: 'I have read the Bells & Pomegranates! -- "Pippa passes" .. comprehension, I was going to say! [...] There a...Elizabeth Barrett Robert BrowningPippa Passes (Bells and Pomegranates, No. I)Print: Book
1800-1849William Charles Macready, Jr. to Robert Browning, May 1842: 'My dear Mr Browning 'I was very much obliged to you, for your kind letter. I liked exceedingly the Cardina...William Charles Macready Robert Browning'The Cardinal and the Dog'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 27 November 1842: 'Finding it utterly impossible to express in prose the tumult of delight which your most noble Dramatic Lyrics h...Joseph and Maria ArnouldRobert BrowningBells and Pomegranates III (Dramatic Lyrics)Print: Book
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Robert Browning, 27 November 1842: 'Finding it utterly impossible to express in prose the tumult of delight which your most noble Dramatic Lyrics h...Joseph Arnould Robert Browning'Waring'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 December 1842: 'Mr Browning's last "Bells and Pomegranates" I sigh over. There are fine things [...] But there is much ...Elizabeth Barrett Robert BrowningBells and Pomegranates III (Dramatic Lyrics)Print: Book
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 26 September 1843: 'Browning, I have read but little of -- indeed "Pippa passes" -- is almost the only poem of his that I have ...Thomas Westwood Robert BrowningPippa PassesPrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Christopher Dowson, Jr., 10 March 1844: 'Yesterday I read my play to [Charles Kean] and his charming wife (who is to take the principal part) -- a...Robert Browning Robert BrowningColombe's BirthdayManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Bryan Waller Procter to Robert Browning, ?26 March 1844: 'I got your play last night then read it with very great pleasure [...] Colombe is a charming creature. The ...Bryan Waller Procter Robert BrowningColombe's BirthdayPrint: In proof copy
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Alfred Domett, c.8 November 1843: 'What a pity [Tennyson] has not the intense vigour of Robert Browning -- I still believe as devoutly as ever in P...Joseph Arnould Robert BrowningParacelsusPrint: Book
1800-1849John Westland Marston to Thomas Powell, c. October 1844: 'Mrs Marston has just read "Sordello" through. She accomplished it in 3 days, & pronounced it not only intel...Mrs Marston Robert BrowningSordelloPrint: Book


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