Record Number: 26442
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from Calais, 26 July 1815: 'I wish you could see them at breakfast: Hart [brother] with one leg making side steps for joy all the time [...] Granville poring over an old "Moniteur."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:26 Jul 1815
Country:France
Timemorning
Place:city: Calais
other location: Inn
(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Moniteur
Genre:Politics, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26442
Source:Harriet Countess Granville
Editor:F. Leveson Gower
Title:Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1894
Vol:1
Page:59
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 1, p. 59, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26442, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The Granvilles had arrived in Calais early on morning of day letter written.