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Record Number: 2577


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 12 January 1821, on memories of Cambridge life with friend Edward Noel Long: 'I remember our buying, with vast alacrity, [Thomas] Moore's new quarto (in 1806) and reading it together in the evenings.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1806 and 31 Dec 1806

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge

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:

George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Edward Noel Young.

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

students at Cambridge University

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Moore

Title:

Epistles, Odes and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1806

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2577

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

8

Page:

24

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1978), 8, p. 24, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2577, accessed: 29 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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