| Evidence: | 'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a sneaking hope that I might hear something about the Excursion ... on the contrary, inquiry of the Bookseller what a poetical parcel he was then opening consisted of, he said that it was a new Poem, called Lara ... supposed to be written by Lord Byron ... I took the book in my hand, and saw Jacqueline in the same column with Lara ... "' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 18 Aug 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Perth other location: bookshop |
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| Reader: | William Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
| Title: | Lara |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1814 |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 1714 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 41 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 (Cambridge, 1995), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1714, accessed: 29 November 2023 | |
| From entry 80 (iii) in Wu (1995); quotation from Alan G. Hill, ed., The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth VIII: A Supplement of New Letters (1993) 149. |
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