Record Number: 25744

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 8 August 1807: 'George's reading goes on prosperously and Georgiana is the quickest little creature that ever was met with, but Caroline remains on my knee sometimes (to the credit of the patience of both aunt and niece) with b a, b e, before us, till I hardly know them better than she does, and my sister, who is a great instructress, must have great talents for teaching if she makes anything of her.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1807 and 8 Aug 1807

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Yorkshire
specific address: Castle Howard

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:

George Howard

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Apr 1802

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25744

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:

204-205

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. 204-205, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25744, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None