Record Number: 26953

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 11 November 1836: 'Read Picciola. It is to me the prettiest thing I know, though it pretes to the scorn of the worldly and unfeeling. Read it without prejudice, letting yourself go to your impressions about it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1836 and 11 Nov 1836

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:

Picciola

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26953

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:

2

Page:

217

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26953, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None