Record Number: 10004
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'She [Lady Caroline Lamb] wrote at length to defend herself to [Thomas] Medwin, whom she treats respectfully, though she had told [John Cam] Hobhouse that it would have been better to publish Byron's journal rather than burn it, for Medwin's book [Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron] was "full of vulgarity & erros--even as to dates"'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1824 and 30 Nov 1824
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:socialite, novelist, inflential member of the Whig political elite
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n?e Ponsonby
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron
Genre:Biography, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsHenry Colburn, 1824
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10004
Source:Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby)
Editor:Paul Douglass
Title:The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:n/a
Page:201
Additional Comments:
Douglass quotes a letter Lady Caroline wrote to Hobhouse in the autumn of 1824.
Citation:
Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), Paul Douglass (ed.), The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb (New York, 2006), n/a, p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10004, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
