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Record Number: 26945


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle (April 1834): 'The anxiety of the last two months has given me an impossibility of feeling happy [...] I make to myself all sorts of reproaches. I read in a little book I like, Mrs. Fry's last, "Fear is not sorrow."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1834 and 30 Apr 1834

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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:

Harriet Countess Granville

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

Aug 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Diplomat's wife

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:

Mrs Fry

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26945

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:

2

Page:

153

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 153, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26945, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Lady Granville's anxiety on account of her daughter Susan's recent lying-in and recuperation; letter written on day of Susan's first outing from home since birth of her child (see pp.152-53 in source).

   
   
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