| Evidence: | 'do you ever read the Augustan Review it is stupid though[underlined] it thinks me so - & yet be afraid I like it because it takes[?] the thing [Glenarvon] fairly & not as real characters[.] have you ever heard what he [presumably Lord Byron] said to Glenarvon ? I burn to know? |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1816 and 31 Dec 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Lady Caroline Lamb |
| Age | n/a |
| Gender | n/a |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | Review of Glenarvon in the Augustan Review |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | 3 (October 1816), pp. 350-54 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10033 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby) | |
| Title: | n/a | |
| Location: | John Murray Archive | |
| Call no: | Acc.12604/4144 B | |
| Page/folio: | unfoliated |
| Citation: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), John Murray Archive, p. Acc.12604/4144 B, p. unfoliated, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10033, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Lady Caroline's comments refer to the fact that the vast majority of her readers saw Glenarvon as little more than a thinly-veiled autobiography of her affair with Byron. Apparently The Augustan Review, in her mind, gave the book the more consideration. The word 'takes' is quite difficult to read. Transcribed by Lindsey Eckert. |
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