Record Number: 25740

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (December 1806): 'We had the Examiner yesterday. Mr. Hunt's jokes are really wretched. I am more convinced than ever that jokes are the Rocks upon which 9 understandings out of 10 split. When he is serious and impudent his writing often seems to me to be very good, but the Turtle, the sauce etc. in his remarks upon Ld. Ellenborough font Pitie. I wish there was a House of Correction somewhere for people who cut bad jokes.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1806 and 31 Dec 1806

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

Devonshire family

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Duke of Devonshire and family

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Leigh Hunt et al

Title:

The Examiner

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25740

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:

179

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. 179, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25740, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None