Record Number: 2671

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Thomas Moore, 8 August 1822: 'I have not seen the thing you mention [John Watkins, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron] ... nor have I any desire. The price is, as I saw in some advertisement, fourteen shillings, which is too much to pay for a libel on oneself.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1822 and 8 Aug 1822

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

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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:

Poet

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Advertisement for [John Watkins], Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron

Genre:

advertisement

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2671

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

9

Page:

190

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1979), 9, p. 190, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2671, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None