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Record Number: 25734


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 15 October 1804: 'We have finished Cowper and have begun to read Charles the Vth.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 31 Aug 1804 and 15 Oct 1804

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Yorkshire
specific address: Castle Howard

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Lady Harriet Cavendish and Lady Georgiana Morpeth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

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:

'Charles the Vth'

Genre:

History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25734

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer

Title:

Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

108

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 108, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25734, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

Not clear whether text a factual work, or a novel, poem, or drama.

   
   
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