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Record Number: 26442


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from Calais, 26 July 1815: 'I wish you could see them at breakfast: Hart [brother] with one leg making side steps for joy all the time [...] Granville poring over an old "Moniteur."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

26 Jul 1815

Country:

France

Time

morning

Place:

city: Calais
other location: Inn

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:

Lord Granville

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Moniteur

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26442

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Countess Granville

Editor:

F. Leveson Gower

Title:

Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

1

Page:

59

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 1, p. 59, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26442, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The Granvilles had arrived in Calais early on morning of day letter written.

   
   
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