Record Number: 25736
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 10 November 1805: 'Lady B[essborough]. [aunt] has just been at the Priory of which, allowing for her usual exggeration, she gave me many entertaining accounts [...] she found Caroline and William reading out of the same book, sitting on one chair; Lord and Lady Aberdeen on another, also reading in the same manner, or playing Spillikens, with their arms round one another's necks -- this is her account, remember -- Lord and Lady Hinchbrooke sitting on the couch very civil and simpering; Mr. and Mrs. Hooley and Mr. and Mrs. Huddlestone finished the group.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Nov 1805 and 10 Nov 1805
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: The Priory
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25736
Source:n/a
Editor:Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer
Title:Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1940
Vol:n/a
Page:129
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 129, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25736, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Caroline and William Lamb had been married earlier in 1805; Lady Bessborough was Caroline's mother.
