Record Number: 2330
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to John Murray, 24 November 1818, thanking him for books sent (including new edition of Isaac Disraeli, "The Literary Character", in which marginal remarks from Byron in first edition quoted): 'It was not fair in you to show him [Disraeli] my copy of his former one, with all the marginal notes and nonsense made in Greece when I was not two-and-twenty, and which certainly were not meant for his perusal ... I have a great respect for Israeli [sic] and his talents, and have read his works over and over repeatedly ... I don't know a living man's books I take up so often, or lay down so reluctantly, as Israeli's [sic] ...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Nov 1818 and 24 Nov 1818
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Venice
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:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Literary Character
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailssecond edition
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:2330
Source:George Gordon Lord Byron
Editor:Leslie A. Marchand
Title:Byron's Letters and Journals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1976
Vol:6
Page:83-84
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1976), 6, p. 83-84, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2330, accessed: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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