Record Number: 26453

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 25 August 1820: 'I send you a list of new books. Chalmers' sermon, preached after the disturbances in Glasgow, very good. '"Sketches of Life and Manners," clever and entertaining, supposed to be by Lord John.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1819 and 25 Aug 1819

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Countess Granville

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

Aug 1785

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:

'Sketches of Life and Manners'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26453

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:

165

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 1, p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26453, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Three other texts also listed (including a French novel, and Say on Malthus), but with no evidence that these read by Lady Granville.