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Record Number: 26948


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 4 September 1834: 'Our host at the inn at Avignon, a poet and a very gentlemanlike man, gave me the enclosed translation. Granville [husband] read the original out loud, which is beautiful, and Monsieur Pierson has meant better than executed.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1834 and 4 Sep 1834

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Avignon

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:

Granville Leveson Gower

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Diplomat

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Harriet, Countess Granville (reader's wife).


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

?Pierson

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26948

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:

161

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26948, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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