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Record Number: 27013


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 7 December 1839: 'Georgy [daughter] read me a sermon of his yesterday morning which quite charmed me on part of the Lord's Prayer, such warmth and feeling and eloquence.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

6 Dec 1839

Country:

France

Time

morning

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:

Lady Georgiana Leveson Gower

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

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

Harriet, Countess Granville


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

sermon

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27013

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:

296

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 296, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27013, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Author of sermon possibly the new husband of Lady Cowper, previously discussed in letter.

   
   
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