| Evidence: | 'I read a novel all the evening, but yet his very presence is horridly degrading' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 14 Jan 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Connaught House |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Charlotte Bury |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 18 Feb 1775 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Lady-in-waiting |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [a novel] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18357 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Charlotte Bury | |
| Editor: | A. Francis Steuart | |
| Title: | Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 182 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), I, p. 182, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18357, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| 'his presence' refers to someone code-named Chanticleer, perhaps a lover of Princess Caroline's. |
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