Record Number: 1927
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to Francis Hodgson, 20 January 1811: 'I wish to be sure I had a few books ... any damned nonsense on a long Evening. - I had a straggling number of the E[dinburgh] Review given me by a compassionate Capt. of a frigate lately, it contains the reply to the Oxonian pamphlet, on the Strabonic controversy, the reviewer seems to be in a perilous passion ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1811 and 20 Jan 1811
Country:Greece
Timen/a
Place:city: Athens
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:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Greece
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Edinburgh Review
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:1927
Source:George Gordon Lord Byron
Editor:Leslie A. Marchand
Title:Byron's Letters and Journals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1973
Vol:2
Page:37-38
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 2, p. 37-38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1927, accessed: 05 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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