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Record 27013

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 7 December 1839: 'Georgy [daughter] read me a sermon of his yesterday morning which quite charmed me on part of the Lord's Prayer, such warmth and feeling and eloquence.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 6 Dec 1839
Country: France
Time: morning
Place: city: Paris
   
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 Georgiana Leveson Gower
Age Unknown
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: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Harriet, Countess Granville
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

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

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27013  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Countess Granville
  Editor: F. Leveson Gower
  Title: Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1894
  Vol: 2
  Page: 296
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 296, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27013, accessed: 20 April 2024

Additional comments:

Author of sermon possibly the new husband of Lady Cowper, previously discussed in letter.

 

 

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