Record Number: 2443
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Coligny
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Faust
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2443
Source: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: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None