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Record 25739

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (1806): 'Mama is too good to me. She tells me she shall like to read with me. We have begun Paley's Theology and we are going to read Sarche's Herodotus together.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1806 and 31 Dec 1806
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: specific address: Chiswick 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:

Reading Group:Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Harriet Cavendish
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Duchess of Devonshire and daughter
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: Paley
Title: 'Theology'
Genre: Other religious, Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25739  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer
  Title: Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1940
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 145
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25739, accessed: 01 May 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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