Record Number: 26933

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 23 September 1831: 'I could hardly believe when I read the "Times" that my girls had dined at the Palais Royal and been to the Italian Opera on the night of the disturbances and vitres brisees. There is nothing like being in the midst of anything for knowing little of its danger.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1831 and 23 Sep 1831

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

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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:

Diplomat's wife

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

society reports (on reader's own daughters)

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

in The Times

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26933

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:

111

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville (London, 1894), 2, p. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26933, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None