| Evidence: | 'Friday, January 28th [...] I read Medwin's book upon Lord Byron. -- My God, what lies that book
contained! Poor Shelley is made to play quite a secondary part [goes on to criticise book further,
and in detail] [...] When I was in bed today, I wept a great deal because my reading of to-day
had brought back Shelley vividly to my mind [goes on to inveigh against Byron's 'imposture' and
his treatment of his, and her, illegitimate daughter].' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 28 Jan 1827 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Russia | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Moscow | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Claire Clairmont |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Apr 1798 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Governess |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Russia |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Medwin |
| Title: | Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted during a Residence with His Lordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and 1822 |
| Genre: | Biography, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London, 1824 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 15953 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Claire Clairmont | |
| Editor: | Marion Kingston Stocking | |
| Title: | The Journals of Claire Clairmont | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 408-410; 408-409 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 408-410; 408-409, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15953, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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