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Record 2331

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 12 December 1818, on Hobhouse's election campaign: 'I saw your late Speech in Galignani's newspaper -- & with all the disfiguration & curtailment of the reporter -- it was the best of the day.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Nov 1818 and 12 Dec 1818
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Venice
   
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: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: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Galignani's newspaper
Genre: newspaper
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: 1818
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2331  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1976
  Vol: 6
  Page: 89
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 6, p. 89, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2331, accessed: 25 April 2024

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