Evidence: | 'she was reading Dryden's "Don Sebastian", which treats of incest, and happened to ask Byron a question. He said angrily: "Where did you hear that?". "I looked up and saw that he was holding over me a dagger which he usually wore. I replied, "Oh, only from this book". I was not afraid - I as persuaded he only did it to terrify me".' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 2 Jan 1815 and 1 Feb 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Halnaby | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 17 May 1792 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | unknown |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Nee Milbanke |
Author: | John Dryden |
Title: | Don Sebastian |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 9297 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Ethel Colburn Mayne | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 162 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Ethel Colburn Mayne, The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron (London, 1969), p. 162, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9297, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
this was on her honeymoon! |
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