Record Number: 8649
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At a moment of such deep agony & I may add shame--when utterly disgraced judge Byron what my feelings must be at Murrays shewing me some beautiful verses of yours--I do implore you for God sake not to publish these could I have seen you one moment I would explain why--I have only time to add that however those who surround you may make you disbelieve it you will draw ruin on your own head and hers [Augusta Leigh's] if at this moment you shew these lines'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1816 and 30 Apr 1816
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(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: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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Stanzas to Augusta
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
probably proofs in the possession of John Murray
Source Information:
Record ID:8649
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:148-49
Additional Comments:
Letter to Lord Byron. Douglass dates it April 1816.
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. 148-49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8649, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Douglass believes strongly that the lines are Byron's 'Stanzas to Augusta' which, despite Lady Caroline's warnings, were published in April 1816.