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Record Number: 25739


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (1806): 'Mama is too good to me. She tells me she shall like to read with me. We have begun Paley's Theology and we are going to read Sarche's Herodotus together.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1806 and 31 Dec 1806

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Chiswick House

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:

Reading Group:

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Harriet Cavendish

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Duchess of Devonshire and daughter

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Paley

Title:

'Theology'

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25739

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

145

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 145, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25739, accessed: 31 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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