Record Number: 27336

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray (May 1823 [sic]): 'Do tell Captain Lyon that I, and others far better than I am, are enchanted with his book.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 30 Apr 1823 and 31 May 1823

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Lady Caroline Lamb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Captain Lyon

Title:

Private Journal during the recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry, 1824 [sic]

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27336

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

2

Page:

145

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 2, p. 145, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27336, accessed: 02 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

Not clear whether text read before publication, or whether dating of publication and/or reading is a misprint or factual error.