Evidence: | Byron to John Murray, 4 December 1813: 'I have redde through your Persian Tale - I have taken ye. liberty of making some remarks on ye. blank pages - there are many beautiful passages and an interesting story - and I cannot give a stonger proof that such is my opinion than by the date of the hour 2 o' clock. - till which it has kept me awake without a yawn ... the tale must be written by some one - who has been on the spot ... he deserves success. - Will you apologize to the author for the liberties I have taken with his M.S. ... ' |
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Date: | 4 Dec 1813 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning night |
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Reader: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Agnostic |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | Persian Tale |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) lent by John Murray |
Record ID: | 2068 | |
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Author: | George Gordon, Lord Byron | |
Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | 3 | |
Page: | 191-92 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | George Gordon, Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1974), 3, p. 191-92, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2068, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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