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Record Number: 27019


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 12 June 1843: 'We read about Ireland with great interest [...] Georgy [daughter] reads us Mr. Sheil's speech, as Mlle. Rachel [famous actress] would say it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1843 and 12 Jun 1843

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Arqui

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:

Adult (18-100+)

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:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Lord and Lady Granville


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Mr Sheil

Title:

speech

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27019

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:

364

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 364, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27019, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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