| Evidence: | ?for Hamlet & the trifling of his favour
Hold it a fashion and a Toy in blood;
A violet in the youth of primy nature
Forward not permanent ? sweet not lasting
The perfume and suppliance of a minute
No more ?.. [Lamb?s own ellipses]
Rest not perturb?d spirit?
[writing in another direction on the other half of the sheet she continues]
?O dear Ophelia wherefore doubt me
--I have not art to win thee but
this I know I love thee best O
most best ? believe it adieu.
Hamlet?
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1814 and 31 Dec 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | (n?e Ponsonby) |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Hamlet |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10020 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby) | |
| Title: | n/a | |
| Location: | John Murray Archive | |
| Call no: | Acc.12604/4144A | |
| Page/folio: | unfoliated |
| Citation: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), John Murray Archive, p. Acc.12604/4144A, p. unfoliated, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10020, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
| The first quote is Laertes from Act I Scene III; the second is a slightly misquoted letter from Hamlet from Act II Scene II. Transcribed by Lindsey Eckert. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)