Record Number: 25735

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (December 1804): 'I have been reading a great deal of Italian, there are a thousand beauties in Metastasio that I had never observed and I had never read some of the best parts of it. "Isacco" is, I think, almost more beautiful and affecting than any of them.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1804 and 31 Dec 1804

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Yorkshire
specific address: Castle Howard

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:

Lady Harriet Cavendish

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

Aug 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

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:

Metastasio

Title:

Isacco

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25735

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer

Title:

Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

112

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 112, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25735, accessed: 12 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None