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Record Number: 8632


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'ricordati di Biondetta [...] [the sale of] Newstead--that is a pity--why not have kept it & taken Biondetta there & have livd [sic] and died happy'.

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1793 and 9 Aug 1812

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Lady Caroline Lamb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

socialite, novelist, influential member of the Whig political elite

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jacques Cazotte

Title:

Le diable amoreux

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8632

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby)

Editor:

Paul Douglass

Title:

The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

84

Additional Comments:

Letter to Lord Byron dated 9 August 1812

Citation:

Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), Paul Douglass (ed.), The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb (New York, 2006), n/a, p. 84, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8632, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The reference to 'Biondetta', as Douglass notes, is to one of the main characters in Cazotte's novel. which was translated from French in 1793. Interestingly, this letter included a clipping of Lady Caroline's pubic hair.

   
   
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