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Record Number: 9465


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Berry to Earl Granville, Monday 18 November 1834, on recent dissolution of Government: 'On Saturday, Lady Lansdowne read the paragraph in the "Times" to her lord at breakfast; they both smiled at it, and thought no more of the matter.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Nov 1834

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Lansdowne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

aristocrat

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Lord Lansdowne


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Times

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works, newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9465

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

3

Page:

436

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 436, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9465, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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