Record Number: 27025

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 30 October 1844: 'There is Granville, as if he had been settled here a year, cracking his sides over an old book of plays he has found.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

30 Oct 1844

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Brighton

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:

Lord Granville

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

'an old book of plays'

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27025

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:

386

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 386, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27025, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None