Record Number: 26451
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 28 August 1819: 'I admire F. Lamb perhaps more than I like him. I think him uncommonly agreeable and clever, but he sees life in the most degrading light, and he simplifies the thing by thinking all men rogues and all women ----. He looks old and world-beaten, but still handsome. He seems to enjoy being here [Bolton Abbey], and sport, food, and sleep fill up his time. At any spare moment he reads the "Heart of Midlothian," of which he says: "Why, if you wish for my opinion, I think it the worst novel I ever read."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Aug 1819 and 28 Aug 1819
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Yorkshire
specific address: Bolton Abbey
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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:The Heart of Midlothian
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26451
Source:Harriet Countess Granville
Editor:F. Leveson Gower
Title:Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1894
Vol:1
Page:143
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 1, p. 143, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26451, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Both Lady Granville and Lamb guests of Lady Granville's brother the Duke of Devonshire, owner of Bolton Abbey.
