Record Number: 2551

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 7 January 1821: 'Read Spence, and turned over Roscoe, to find a passage I have not found. Read the 4th. vol. of W. Scott's second series of "Tales of my Landlord".'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

7 Jan 1821

Country:

Italy

Time

morning

Place:

city: Ravenna

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:

George Gordon Lord Byron

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:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Roscoe

Title:

The Life of Lorenzo de Medici, called the Magnificent OR The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1796 OR 1805

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2551

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

8

Page:

15

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1978), 8, p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2551, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None