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Record Number: 26446


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (1816): 'Lady Harrowby and Susan [Lady Harrowby's daughter] are arrived, and I repose my cares upon them, knowing that to Messrs. Standish and Montagu at least they are everything. They are all in the library reading out loud and shouting with laughter over the two new reviews.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1816

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Staffordshire
location in dwelling: Library

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:

Lady Harrowby and daughter (?and 'Messrs. Standish and Montagu')

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

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:

'two new reviews'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1816

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26446

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Countess Granville

Editor:

F. Leveson Gower

Title:

Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

1

Page:

88

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 1, p. 88, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26446, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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