Record Number: 2273
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to John Murray, 2 April 1817, having observed upon preservation of black veil over Falieri's picture, and the staircase on which he was beheaded at the Doge's Palace, Venice: 'This was the thing that first struck my imagination in Venice ... more ... than Schiller's "Armenian" -- a novel which took great hold of me when a boy -- it is also called the "Ghost Seer" ..."
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
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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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Poet
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:Geisterseher
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn translation by W. Bender as The Armenian, or the Ghost-seer (1800)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2273
Source: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:203
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1976), 5, p. 203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2273, accessed: 15 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Further information on edition read from note 3 to this letter on p.203 of source.