Record Number: 26485

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth 25 October 1821: 'We, including Mr. Canning, admire grandpapa's verses extremely.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1821 and 25 Oct 1821

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Suffolk

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:

Harriet Countess Granville, Canning and others in Granville household at Wherstead, Suffolk

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:

lines to Lady Holland

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Annual Register for 1821

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26485

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:

217

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Countess Granville, F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 1, p. 217, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26485, accessed: 18 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source ed. explains, at p.217 n.2, that text was 'some spirited lines addressed to Lady Holland on a snuff-box left to her by Buonaparte. They are to be found in the Annual Register of 1821.'