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Record 2436

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to William Bankes, 26 February 1820: 'I have more of Scott's novels (for surely they are Scott's) since we met, and am more and more delighted. I think that I even prefer them to his poetry, which ... I redde for the first time in my life in your rooms in Trinity College.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambridge
specific address: Trinity College
   
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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Walter Scott
Title: [poems]
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2436  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1977
  Vol: 7
  Page: 45
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1977), 7, p. 45, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2436, accessed: 17 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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