Record Number: 2021

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Lady Melbourne, 18 October 1812, on writing by Annabella Milbanke that she has forwarded to him: '... the specimen you send me is more favourable to her talents than her discernment, & much too indulgent to the subject she has chosen ... but you have not sent me the whole (I imagine) by the abruptness of both beginning & end ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1812 and 18 Oct 1812

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cheltenham

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:

Annabella Milbanke

Title:

[biography]

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
sent by Lady Melbourne

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2021

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:

229

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 2, p. 229, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2021, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Marchand conjectures "specimen" to be Annabella Milbanke's unfinished "Character" of Byron (begun 8 October 1812); see p.229 n.1.