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Record Number: 9301


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'she was reading Leigh Hunt's "Rimini", and copied a passage of twenty lines on the character of Giovanni - evidently because it was to her as a portrait of another difficult husband: "He kept no reckoning with his sweets and sours / He'd hold a sullen countenance for hours, / And then if pleased to cheer himself a space, / Look for immediate rapture in your face..."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1815 and 31 Oct 1815

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:

Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

17 May 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

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:

Leigh Hunt

Title:

Rimini

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9301

Source:

Print

Author:

Ethel Colburn Mayne

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

n/a

Page:

193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ethel Colburn Mayne, The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron (London, 1969), p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9301, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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