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Record Number: 26954


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 23 June 1837: 'I hope Granville [husband] will be well enough to pay a visit to England [...] but he cannot yet walk [?due to previously-mentioned gout] [...] We therefore remain here for the present, avide [sic] of news [of accession of Queen Victoria], devouring newspapers, gasping for letters, and marking days by the intelligence received: for it is history, fate, romance, all in one [...] Such a little love of a Queen!'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1837 and 23 Jan 1837

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:

Reading Group:

Leveson Gower family

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

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, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26954

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:

235

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 235, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26954, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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