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Record Number: 2332


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to the Editor of Galingani's Messenger, 27 April 1819: 'Sir, -- In various numbers of your Journal -- I have seen mentioned a work entitled "The Vampire" with the addition of my name as that of the Author. -- I am not the author and never heard of the work in question until now. In a more recent paper I perceive a formal annunciation of "the Vampire" with the addition of an account of my "residence in the Island of Mitylene" ... which [island] I have occasionaly sailed by ... but where I have never yet resided.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Apr 1819 and 27 Apr 1819

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:

Galignani's Messenger

Genre:

newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

Publication Details

1819

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2332

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:

118-19

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 6, p. 118-19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2332, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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