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Record 2266

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1817, on Alpine travels in 1816: 'I kept a journal of the whole for my sister Augusta, which she copied and let Murray see.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1817
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Augusta Leigh
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 26 Jan 1783
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Wife
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/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
Title: travel journal
Genre: Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Manuscript: Codex
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2266  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1976
  Vol: 5
  Page: 188
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 5, p. 188, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2266, accessed: 19 April 2024

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