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Record Number: 25883


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 16 December 1807: 'Lady Elizabeth is reading Semple's travels through Spain and says they are excessively interesting and entertaining. You will see a review of them in the last number of the Edinburgh Review. Let me know if I shall send them you, they are in two small volumes.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1807 and 16 Dec 1807

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Lady Elizabeth Foster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Mistress to the Duke of Devonshire

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:

Semple

Title:

'travels through Spain'

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 volumes

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25883

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:

271

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. 271, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25883, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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