Record Number: 5400
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Walter Savage Landor's copy of Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington takes issue with Byron's declaration that if they were married, he and the Countess Guiccioli would 'be cited as an instance of conjugal happiness,' by giving the counterevidence of a contemporary: 'yet Trelawney told me he was wearied to death by her fondness --'"
Century:1800-1849
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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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:1775
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5400
Source:H. J. Jackson
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Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:76
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 76, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5400, accessed: 27 September 2024
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