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Record Number: 26926


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 22 February 1828: 'I have not read the debates [...] I have no zest at all in politics one way or the other, yet I do read all the papers, all the speeches, but it is upon principle.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1828 and 22 Feb 1828

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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:

Newspapers

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26926

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Countess Granville

Editor:

F. Leveson Gower

Title:

Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

2

Page:

12

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville (London, 1894), 2, p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26926, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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