Record Number: 2690

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to the Earl of Blessington, 5 April 1823: 'I return the C[ount] D'O[rsay]'s journal which is a very extraordinary production ... I know or knew personally most of the personages and societies which he describes -- and after reading his remarks -- have the sensation fresh upon me as if I had seen them yesterday.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 2 Apr 1823 and 5 Apr 1823

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

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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:

Count D'Orsay

Title:

Journal

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2690

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:

139

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1980), 10, p. 139, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2690, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None