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Record Number: 2325


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Douglas Kinnaird, 15 July 1818: '... I see by the papers that Captain Lew Chew [ie Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, formerly explorer of the Loo-Choo Islands and now Reform parliamentary candidate] has been well nigh slain by a potatoe -- so the Italian Gazettes have it ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 13 Jul 1818 and 15 Jul 1818

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Venice

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:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Italian Gazettes]

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1818

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2325

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1976

Vol:

6

Page:

59

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 6, p. 59, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2325, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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