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Record Number: 2587


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 15 January 1821: "In the year 1814, Moore ... and I were going together, in the same carriage, to dine with Earl Grey ... [John] Murray ... had just sent me a Java gazette ... Pulling it out, by way of curiosity, we found it to contain a dispute ... on Moore's merits and mine."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1814 and 31 Dec 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: carriage

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:

Reader:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

n/a

Title:

Javanese newspaper

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2587

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

8

Page:

27

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon, Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2587, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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