Record Number: 25743
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 3 August 1807: 'I walked an hour and read 50 pages of Bossuet ths morning before breakfast, which to a person who gets up at half past six is easy. I hope you admire my triumphant style. Yet my journal has most of the merit of these good deeds, for I do not know that my industry or Bossuet's eloquence had half the weight as the idea of being able to boast in my writing today had with me.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:3 Aug 1807
Country:England
Timemorning
Place:county: Yorkshire
specific address: Castle Howard
(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:Female
Date of Birth:Aug 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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:[possibly] 'Sur l'histoire universelle'
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25743
Source: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:203
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25743, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
In letter of 1 August 1807 to the Dowager Countess Spencer, Harriet Cavendish asks: 'Do you recollect Bossuet's discourse "Sur l'histoire universelle' and do you think I shall be as much pleased with it as I am afraid I shall, that is, most excessively?' (see p.202 in source).
