Record Number: 27173
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dr John Polidori, Byron's secretary, to John Murray, 10 July 1816: 'Since it has given you hopes of entering well into the literary world next winter, that "Childe Harold" has got another canto [...] you will be more pleased to hear of another poem of 400 lines called "The Castle of Chillon" [sic]; the feelings of a third of three brothers in prison on the banks of the Geneva Lake. I think it very beautiful, containing more of his tender than his sombre poetry.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1816 and 10 Jul 1816
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Doctor
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Prisoner of Chillon
Genre:Fiction, History, Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:27173
Source:Samuel Smiles
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Title:A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1891
Vol:1
Page:364-365
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Citation:
Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, (London, 1891), 1, p. 364-365, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27173, accessed: 10 October 2024
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