Record Number: 18467
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have become acquainted with a Mr Cumberland, who must be agreeable, for he has an hereditary right to it. I have been reading his father's life. It explains the story of a paper in the Observer, written by him, that always interested me much, of his going to see a friend's place after his death, with the circumstance of his decease. It was the late Lord Sackville'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1818 and 31 Dec 1849
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:n/a
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
anonymous correspondent of Charlotte Bury
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Observer, The: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18467
Source:Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:2
Page:133
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), 2, p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18467, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter is undated and chronology is unclear but 'Roderick', mentioned in the same letter, was published in 1818. The text named seems likely to be that under discussion - Richard Cumberland died in 1811 and compiled "The Observer"
