Record Number: 27195

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Augusta Leigh, Byron's half-sister, to John Murray (July 1818): 'I return the Edinburgh Review, with a thousand thanks for your kindness in lending it to me. It will surely please him (Byron) whom it most concerns.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1818 and 31 Jul 1818

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Augusta Leigh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Edinburgh Review

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1818

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27195

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

1

Page:

396

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 396, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27195, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

'Review' apparently contained review of work by Byron.