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Record 25713

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 27 August 1802: 'Ramsgate does not abound with incident [...] We get up at seven, and today for the first time I bathed [...] We breakfast at nine, and then I write, read, and practice till dinner at four.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 26 Aug 1802 and 27 Aug 1802
Country: England
Time: morning
afternoon
Place: city: Ramsgate
   
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:Lady Harriet Cavendish
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth Aug 1785
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
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)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25713  
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: 28
  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. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25713, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

Cavendish had arrived in Ramsgate 25 August 1802; see p.27 in source.

 

 

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