Record Number: 10033
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'do you ever read the Augustan Review it is stupid though[underlined] it thinks me so - & yet be afraid I like it because it takes[?] the thing [Glenarvon] fairly & not as real characters[.] have you ever heard what he [presumably Lord Byron] said to Glenarvon ? I burn to know?
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1816 and 31 Dec 1816
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:n/a
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:socialite, novelist, influential member of the Whig political elite
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n?e Ponsonby
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Review of Glenarvon in the Augustan Review
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details3 (October 1816), pp. 350-54
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10033
Source:Manuscript
Author:Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby)
Title:n/a
Location:John Murray Archive
Call No:Acc.12604/4144 B
Page/Folio:unfoliated
Citation:Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), John Murray Archive, p. Acc.12604/4144 B, p. unfoliated, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10033, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Lady Caroline's comments refer to the fact that the vast majority of her readers saw Glenarvon as little more than a thinly-veiled autobiography of her affair with Byron. Apparently The Augustan Review, in her mind, gave the book the more consideration. The word 'takes' is quite difficult to read. Transcribed by Lindsey Eckert.
