Evidence: | Dr John Polidori, Byron's secretary, to John Murray, 10 July 1816:
'Since it has given you hopes of entering well into the literary world next winter, that "Childe
Harold" has got another canto [...] you will be more pleased to hear of another poem of 400
lines called "The Castle of Chillon" [sic]; the feelings of a third of three brothers in prison on
the banks of the Geneva Lake. I think it very beautiful, containing more of his tender than his
sombre poetry.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Apr 1816 and 10 Jul 1816 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | John Polidori |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Doctor |
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 |
Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
Title: | The Prisoner of Chillon |
Genre: | Fiction, History, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 27173 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 364-365 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 364-365, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27173, accessed: 08 June 2023 |
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