Record Number: 27401

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Gally Knight to John Murray, 17 February 1831: 'I have seen the second volume of Moore's "Life of Byron," and though it can be matter of surprise to no one to find himself the object of the spleen of the noble author, yet I confess I [italics]am surprised[end italics] at seeing myself so gratuitously offered up as a victim to the public [comments further] [...] The second volume appears to me to be neither more nor less than "Don Juan" in prose, and I cannot say how much I regret to see Lord Byron's amours so openly paraded before the public. It is an indecorous exhibition, and but too likely to do harm, for young men will admire [italics]the whole[end italics] of the life, because it belonged to genius; and will imitate the only part of it with which metal superiority had nothing to do.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1831 and 17 Feb 1831

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:

Gally Knight

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Thomas Moore

Title:

Life of Byron

Genre:

Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by John Murray, January 1831

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27401

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:

2

Page:

323

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 323, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27401, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source author notes, 'In the second volume of the Life [of Byron], references were made to Mr. Gally Knight's "Poems," and "Persian Tales." Mr. Knight was dissatisfied with the allusions to his works' (p.323).