Record Number: 2049
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to Lady Melbourne, 21 September 1813, from Aston Hall, Rotherham (where staying with Sir James Wedderburn Webster): 'There is a delightful epitaph on Voltaire in Grimm - I read it coming down - the French I should probably misspell so take it only in bad English - "Here lies the spoilt child of the/a world which he spoiled"'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Sep 1813 and 21 Sep 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: en route to Aston Hall, Rotherham
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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2049
Source: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:117-18
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 3, p. 117-18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2049, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
In n.4 (p.118) Marchand suggests: "Byron might have been reading the lengthy review of Baron De Grimm's Correspondance Litteraire, Philosophique et Critique which was the leading article in the Edinburgh Review for July 1813. This epitaph [...] to a lady of Lausanne, is quoted from Grimm on page 274 of the Edinburgh ... "
