Record Number: 8636
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"Gull" & the Bulbul and a young Galeongee are just so many baits to draw sneers--which however disposed are always better avoided--I think the Bride of Abydos full of these lesser faults but the Corsair is quite beautiful--indeed he [Byron] has a very splendid Genius--& I cannot but feel a deep & lasting anxiety that he should be himself [underlined] in all things it is all I ask--you owe his quotations from Dante and the beginning of the Bride to me--& not to Mad. De Staal--for I sent him Dante last year so that you see I was not useless even to his Genius.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Feb 1814 and 28 Feb 1814
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Hertford
specific address: Brocket Hall
(Reader):
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(Listener):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:socialite, novelist, influential member of the Whig political elite
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
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:The Corsair
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book, Unknown
Publication Detailsprobably the first edition or, less likely, proofs sent by Murray
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8636
Source:Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby)
Editor:Paul Douglass
Title:The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:n/a
Page:119
Additional Comments:
Letter to John Murray. Douglass dates it February 1814.
Citation:
Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), Paul Douglass (ed.), The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb, (New York, 2006), n/a, p. 119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8636, accessed: 03 October 2024
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