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Record Number: 2661


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 24 November 1821, regarding John Cam Hobhouse's offence at his MS Memoirs: "Is there anything in the M.S.S. that could be personally obnoxious to himself [John Cam Hobhouse]? ... If there were any ... even that would not sanction the tone of his letter, which I showed to one or two English & Irish friends of mine here -- who were perfectly astonished ..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Pisa

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:

friends of Byron

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Cam Hobhouse

Title:

n/a

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2661

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

9

Page:

70

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1979), 9, p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2661, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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