Record Number: 2000

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Francis Hodgson, 9 September 1811: 'Dear Hodgson, - I have been a good deal in your company lately, for I have been reading Juvenal & Lady Jane &ca for the first time since my return.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 9 Aug 1811 and 9 Sep 1811

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire

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

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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:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Hodgson

Title:

[translation of Juvenal]

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1807

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2000

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1973

Vol:

2

Page:

95

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 2, p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2000, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None