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Record Number: 26493


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from St Omer, 27 February 1824: 'You have no idea what a comfort and pleasure it is to me to have your copy of my little book upon prayer. I begin the morning with it, and the handwriting adds to its power of fixing my attention.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1824 and 27 Feb 1824

Country:

France

Time

morning

Place:

city: St Omer

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:

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:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

'little book upon prayer'

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown, Copied in MS.

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26493

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

F. Leveson Gower

Title:

Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

1

Page:

258

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 1, p. 258, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26493, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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