Record Number: 2179

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to James Perry, editor of the Morning Chronicle, 5 October 1814: 'Sir -- I perceive in your paper this day the contradiction of a paragraph copied from the Durham paper announcing the intended marriage of Ld. B. with Miss M[ilbank]e. -- How the paragraph came into the Durham or the other papers I know not -- but as it is founded on fact -- I will be much obliged if you will inform me -- who instructed you to contradict this?'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

5 Oct 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Title:

The Morning Chronicle

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

5 October 1814

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2179

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1975

Vol:

4

Page:

192

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1975), 4, p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2179, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None