Record Number: 2048

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Thomas Moore, 28 August 1813: 'If you want any more books [on the Orient], there is "Castellan's Moeurs des Ottomans," the best compendium of the kind I ever met with, in six small tomes.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1812 and 28 Aug 1813

Country:

England

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

A. L. Castellan

Title:

Moeurs, usages costumes des Othomans, et abrege de leur histoire

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris, 1812

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2048

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:

102

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1973), 3, p. 102, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2048, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None