| Evidence: | Byron to John Murray, 29 September 1820: '... on reading more of the 4 volumes on Italy [attacked by Byron in note to Marino Faliero] ... I perceive (horresco referens [Virgil, Aeneid II.204: "I shudder to recall"]) that it is written by a WOMAN!!!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 29 Sep 1820 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ravenna | ||||||||||
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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: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jane Waldie |
| Title: | Sketches Descriptive of Italy |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2476 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 183 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1977), 7, p. 183, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2476, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| See also n.5 to this letter (p. 183 in source) and n. 1 to Byron to Murray, 8 September 1820 (p.173). |
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