Record Number: 2699

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron thanks J. J. Coulmann for books sent, July 1823: 'I have also to return thanks to you for having honoured me with your compositions ... As to the Essay, etc., I am obliged to you for the present, although I had already seen it joined to the last edition of the translation. I have nothing to object to it ... though naturally there are ... several errors ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1823 and 31 Jul 1823

Country:

unknown

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:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Amadee Pichot

Title:

Essai sur le Genie et le Caractere de Lord Byron par A[madee] P[icho]t

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in French translation of Byron, Complete Works, Paris, 1821

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2699

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

10

Page:

207-08

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1980), 10, p. 207-08, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2699, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None