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Record Number: 25737


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 10 November 1805: 'Lady B[essborough]. [aunt] has just been at the Priory of which, allowing for her usual exggeration, she gave me many entertaining accounts [...] she found Caroline and William reading out of the same book, sitting on one chair; Lord and Lady Aberdeen on another, also reading in the same manner, or playing Spillikens, with their arms round one another's necks -- this is her account, remember -- Lord and Lady Hinchbrooke sitting on the couch very civil and simpering; Mr. and Mrs. Hooley and Mr. and Mrs. Huddlestone finished the group.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1805 and 10 Nov 1805

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: The Priory

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Lord and Lady Aberdeen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25737

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer

Title:

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

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

129

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 129, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25737, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Caroline and William Lamb had been married earlier in 1805; Lady Bessborough was Caroline's mother.

   
   
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