Record Number: 8660
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[A]nd so you have never heard of Beppo--I think you said so at Devonshire House supper. Now Heaven fail in granting me pardon for all my offenses if it is not by himself [Byron], & in his very best wit as good as any thing Swift ever wrote a flatterer would say better. I read it having taken an Emetic for that head ache which troubled me so much the night I sat beside you & I must own it did delight me so that the Emetic faild [sic] in affecting me--now though this is not a pretty illustration of what should be felt in reading Poetry--believe me it is emphatic & expresses much more than fairer words--after all it would be kind in you to tell me if it is his'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Mar 1816 and 31 Mar 1816
Country:England
Timen/anight
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Beppo
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8660
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:166
Additional Comments:
Letter to John Cam Hobhouse. Douglass dates it March? 1818.
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. 166, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8660, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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