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Record Number: 2689


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 25 October 1822, sending back unread Quarterly Review (having decided to read no more reviews): '[Galignani] ... has forwarded a copy of at least one half of it -- in his indefatigable Catch-penny weekly compilation -- and ... I have looked through it...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1822 and 25 Oct 1822

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Genoa

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:

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Galignani's Messenger

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2689

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

10

Page:

67

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1980), 10, p. 67, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2689, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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