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Record 25709

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (1798): 'The dinner here consisted of Mr. Hare sitting all the evening with his taper legs crossed like a taylor's [sic] reading the "Gazette extraordinary" to the wondering [Lord] Coleraine'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1798 and 31 Dec 1798
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: London
specific address: Devonshire House
   
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:Mr Hare
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Lord Coleraine
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Gazette Extraordinary
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25709  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer
  Title: Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1940
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 7
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25709, accessed: 02 May 2024

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