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Record 2637

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to John Murray, 23 August 1821, on sources for descriptions in Don Juan Canto III: 'much of the description of the furniture in Canto 3d. is taken from Tully's Tripoli ... and the rest from my own observation.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: unknown
Country: unknown
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:George Gordon Lord Byron
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Jan 1788
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Agnostic
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: unknown
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Richard Tully
Title: Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli
Genre: Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2637  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1978
  Vol: 8
  Page: 186
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2637, accessed: 19 April 2024

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