Record Number: 2187

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Activities listed by Byron, bored at wife's family home at Seaham, in letter to Thomas Moore, 2 March 1815, include 'trying to read old Annual Registers and the daily papers ...'

Century:

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1815 and 2 Mar 1815

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Seaham

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:

[daily newspapers]

Genre:

newspapers

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1815

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2187

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:

277

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1975), 4, p. 277, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2187, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None