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Record Number: 19958


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I went yesterday to Montreux and then changed and went in a funny funicular to a place called Gstaadt where we arrived at 7.30. I read Byron all the time.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Jan 1923

Country:

Switzerland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Harold Nicolson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

21 Nov 1886

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Diplomat

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19958

Source:

Print

Author:

Harold Nicolson

Editor:

Nigel Nicolson

Title:

Vita and Harold

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

117

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 2 January 1923 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West.

Citation:

Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 117, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19958, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The editor has added in a footnote that Harold had started researching for his book "Byron: The Last Journey".

   
   
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