Record Number: 26500
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from Paris, 17 February 1825: 'I feel already the hundred comforts of the [Mardi Gras] carnival being at an end. I have had time already, today and yesterday, to read nearly a whole volume of Segur's Life of Buonaparte during the war in Russia. It is interesting and entrainant beyond measure.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 16 Feb 1825 and 17 Feb 1825
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Paris
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:Aug 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Diplomat's wife
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:Life of Buonaparte
Genre:Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26500
Source:n/a
Editor:F. Leveson Gower
Title:Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1894
Vol:1
Page:344
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville 1810-1845, (London, 1894), 1, p. 344, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26500, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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