Record Number: 25742

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 23 July 1807: 'This morning I got up between 8 and 9, read 500 lines of Milton's Paradise Lost, walked in the garden, played upon a Russian Bilboquet Willy brought me last night, and pride myself upon my candour in confessing this last occupation to you.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

23 Jul 1807

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: Devonshire House

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:

Lady Harriet Cavendish

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

Aug 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Lost

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25742

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer

Title:

Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

199

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 199, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25742, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None