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Record Number: 2631


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 6 July 1821: 'At the particular request of the Countess G[uiccioli] I have promised not to continue Don Juan ... She had read the two first [cantos] in the French translation -- & never ceased beseeching me to write no more of it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Countess Teresa Guiccioli

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1801

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Aristocrat

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

Italy

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Title:

Don Juan (Cantos I and II)

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

In French translation

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2631

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

8

Page:

147

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2631, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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