Record Number: 2781

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to the Chronica Greca, 23 May 1824 (translated from Italian): 'I have read for the first time yesterday an article in the Chronica Greca [paper actually entitled the Hellenica Chronica] -- denouncing the Danish Baron Adam Friedel -- who is not here to respond. -- I do not know if this is just but it does not appear to me to be generous.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

22 May 1824

Country:

Greece

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:

Female

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Greece

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Hellenica Chronica

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1824

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2781

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

Supplementary Volume

Page:

83

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1994), Supplementary Volume, p. 83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2781, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None