Record Number: 27828
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[following journal entry for 19 February 1889] 'That evening [Lady Charlotte Schreiber's] youngest daughter, Blanche, dined and read to her the article on Lord Beaconsfield in the Quarterly Review. Lady Charlotte's comment was: "This I am sure could have been written by no one but Henry Layard." It was so.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:19 Feb 1889
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Blanche Countess of Bessborough
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1847
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
Lady Charlotte Schreiber (reader's mother, b.1812)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:article on Lord Beaconsfield
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn the Quarterly Review
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27828
Source:Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Editor:Earl of Bessborough
Title:Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journals 1853-1891
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1952
Vol:n/a
Page:200
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journals 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 200, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27828, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Henry Layard was Lady Charlotte's son-in-law, married to her daughter Enid. Blanche had married Edward, 8th earl of Bessborough, in 1875.