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Record Number: 8673


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you for being pleased with your visit and not displeased with Graham [Hamilton]'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1822 and 18 Apr 1822

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

William Godwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Mar 1756

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

journalist, novelist, political philosopher

Religion:

Calvinist

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:

Lady Caroline Lamb

Title:

Graham Hamilton

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: UnknownUnknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8673

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:

184

Additional Comments:

Letter to William Godwin dated 18 April 1822.

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. 184, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8673, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

It is possible that Godwin read either a printed version of the novel or a manuscript sent to him by Lady Caroline.

   
   
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