Record Number: 2042

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 12 June 1813: 'In yesterday's paper immediately under an advertisement on "Strictures in the Urethra" I see most appropriately consequent - a poem with "strictures on Ld. B. Mr. Southey and others" ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 10 Jun 1813 and 12 Jun 1813

Country:

England

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:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Age:

n/a

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

advertisement for William Wadd, Practical Observations on the best mode of curing Strictures...

Genre:

Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

Publication Details

In the Morning Chronicle, 10 June 1813

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2042

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1973

Vol:

3

Page:

60

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 3, p. 60, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2042, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None