Record Number: 2034
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to Lady Melbourne, 11 January 1813: 'I have been looking over my Kinsham premises which are close to a church and churchyard full of the most facetious Epitaphs I ever read - "Adue"! (a new orthography taken from one of them) I commend me to your orisons ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1813 and 11 Jan 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: churchyard, Kinsham
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[epitaphs]
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Manuscript: tombstone epitaphs
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:2034
Source:George Gordon Lord Byron
Editor:Leslie A. Marchand
Title:Byron's Letters and Journals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1973
Vol:3
Page:13
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1973), 3, p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2034, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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