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Record 27025

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 30 October 1844: 'There is Granville, as if he had been settled here a year, cracking his sides over an old book of plays he has found.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 30 Oct 1844
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: city: Brighton
   
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:Lord Granville
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: 'an old book of plays'
Genre: Drama
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: Found

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27025  
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: 386
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville 1810-1845 (London, 1894), 2, p. 386, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27025, accessed: 27 April 2024

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