Record Number: 2261

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Douglas Kinnaird, 24 February 1817: 'I saw in Switzerland in the autumn the poems of [James Wedderburn] Webster ... Amongst the ingredients of this volume I was not a little astonished to find an epitaph upon myself -- the desert of which I would postpone for a few years at least ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1816

Country:

Switzerland

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:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Wedderburn Webster

Title:

Waterloo and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Book, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1816

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2261

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1976

Vol:

5

Page:

172

Additional Comments:

Byron to Douglas Kinnaird, 24 February 1817

Citation:

George Gordon, Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1976), 5, p. 172, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2261, accessed: 20 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None