| Evidence: | 'To Caroline Lamb, Queen of the Drawing-Rooms, a very early copy of Childe Harold was lent by Samuel Rogers [...] Instantly Rogers was summoned to Melbourne House, where the William Lambs were then living.
'"I must see him -- I am dying to see him!"
'"He has a club-foot," said Rogers, "and he bites his nails."
'"If he is as ugly as Aesop, I must see him!"' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1812 and 31 Dec 1812 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Lady Caroline Lamb |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| 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 |
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Title: | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1812 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 26372 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Ethel Colburn Mayne | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1929 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 32 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Ethel Colburn Mayne, The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron (London, 1929), p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26372, accessed: 02 December 2023 | |
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