Record Number: 15953
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Friday, January 28th [...] I read Medwin's book upon Lord Byron. -- My God, what lies that book contained! Poor Shelley is made to play quite a secondary part [goes on to criticise book further, and in detail] [...] When I was in bed today, I wept a great deal because my reading of to-day had brought back Shelley vividly to my mind [goes on to inveigh against Byron's 'imposture' and his treatment of his, and her, illegitimate daughter].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:28 Jan 1827
Country:Russia
Timen/a
Place:city: Moscow
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:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 Apr 1798
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Governess
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Russia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted during a Residence with His Lordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and 1822
Genre:Biography, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon, 1824
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15953
Source:Claire Clairmont
Editor:Marion Kingston Stocking
Title:The Journals of Claire Clairmont
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:408-410; 408-409
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 408-410; 408-409, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15953, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
