Record Number: 25715

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (January 1803): 'I am now going for 2 or 3 hours to experience that most delightful of pleasures; solitude in Devonshire House, for Miss Trimmer and Hart [Lady Harriet's brother William], the only inhabitants, are now occupied, the one in reading to George Ridgeway [a footman who became the Duke[of Devonshire]'s steward] in an audible voice, and the other in writing a love letter with much difficulty and consideration to Miss Berry.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1803 and 31 Jan 1803

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Devonshire House

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:

Selina Trimmer

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Companion (formerly governess) to Lady Harriet Cavendish

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

George Ridgeway

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25715

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer

Title:

Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

42-43

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 42-43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25715, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None