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Record 26952

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle (March 1836): 'We were quite delighted with your beautiful verses. What power of description to the very life you have! How much power of painting and feeling your subject! Poetry in short, rare quality amongst poets.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1836 and 31 Mar 1836
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Paris
   
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:

Reading Group:Leveson Gower family
Age Unknown
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Lady Carlisle
Title: 'verses'
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 26952  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Countess Granville
  Editor: F. Leveson Gower
  Title: Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1894
  Vol: 2
  Page: 201
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26952, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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