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Record Number: 2034


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Lady Melbourne, 11 January 1813: 'I have been looking over my Kinsham premises which are close to a church and churchyard full of the most facetious Epitaphs I ever read - "Adue"! (a new orthography taken from one of them) I commend me to your orisons ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1813 and 11 Jan 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: churchyard, Kinsham

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:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[epitaphs]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Manuscript: tombstone epitaphs

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

2034

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1973

Vol:

3

Page:

13

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1973), 3, p. 13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2034, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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