Record Number: 2021
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to Lady Melbourne, 18 October 1812, on writing by Annabella Milbanke that she has forwarded to him: '... the specimen you send me is more favourable to her talents than her discernment, & much too indulgent to the subject she has chosen ... but you have not sent me the whole (I imagine) by the abruptness of both beginning & end ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1812 and 18 Oct 1812
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cheltenham
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:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Agnostic
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:[biography]
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
sent by Lady Melbourne
Source Information:
Record ID:2021
Source:George Gordon Lord Byron
Editor:Leslie A. Marchand
Title:Byron's Letters and Journals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1973
Vol:2
Page:229
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 2, p. 229, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2021, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Marchand conjectures "specimen" to be Annabella Milbanke's unfinished "Character" of Byron (begun 8 October 1812); see p.229 n.1.