Record Number: 2443

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to John Murray, 7 June 1820: '[Goethe's] Faust I never read -- for I don't know German -- but Matthew Monk Lewis in 1816 at Coligny translated most of it to me viva voce ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1816

Country:

Switzerland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Coligny

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

9 Jul 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Title:

Faust

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2443

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

7

Page:

113

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1977), 7, p. 113, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2443, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None