Record Number: 5400

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Walter Savage Landor's copy of Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington takes issue with Byron's declaration that if they were married, he and the Countess Guiccioli would 'be cited as an instance of conjugal happiness,' by giving the counterevidence of a contemporary: 'yet Trelawney told me he was wearied to death by her fondness --'"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

Walter Savage Landor

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1775

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:

Title:

Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5400

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

76

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 76, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5400, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None