Record Number: 26447

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 13 January 1817: 'Yesterday evening we had no whist, and the evening passed rapidly, a great deal of reading, talking, and some music.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

12 Jan 1817

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

specific address: Chatsworth House

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:

Duke of Devonshire and family

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26447

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

91

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 1, p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26447, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None