Record Number: 2640
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Byron to John Murray, 9 October 1821, having requested that he send a Bible: 'I am a great reader and admirer of those books -- and had read them through and through before I was eight years old -- that is to say the Old Testament -- for the New struck me as a task -- but the other as a pleasure -- I speak as a boy -- from the recollected impression of that period at Aberdeen in 1796.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1796 and 31 Dec 1796
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Aberdeen
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:child; later poet
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Books of Old Testament
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2640
Source: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:238
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1978), 8, p. 238, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2640, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None