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Record 3173

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Isabella sent me, from Croft, the Globe + Traveller of last Friday, containing the account of the death of Lord Byron [...] Who admiredhim as a man? yet 'he is gone forever!' The greatest poet of the age! And I am sorry
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 19 May 1824
Country: England
Time: evening: Before 11.05pm
Place: location in dwelling: home
   
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:Anne Lister
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3 Apr 1791
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall,near Halifax, Yorks.[inherits 1824]
Religion: n/a
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:
Title: The Globe and Traveller
Genre: Biography, Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3173  
Source - Print  
  Author: Anne Lister
  Editor: Helena Whitbread
  Title: I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1988
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 344
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840 (London, 1988), p. 344, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3173, accessed: 20 April 2024

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