Record Number: 2692

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Madame Sergent-Marceau, 5 May 1823 (translated from Italian): 'no present you might give me would be more welcome than the short work in which the actions of your Brother [General Marceau], whose memory I revere, are so well described. I have read this work with the greatest pleasure ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1823 and 5 May 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

---

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:

Writer

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:

Antoine Francois Sergent-Marceau

Title:

Notices Historiques sur le General Marceau

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Milan, 1820

Provenance

owned

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

2692

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:

165

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1980), 10, p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2692, accessed: 19 April 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None