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Record 27562

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
15 March 1880: 'He [Charles Schreiber, reader's husband] canvassed again [as Parliamentary candidate for Poole] from 6 to 9, and I mooned and wept over a book that I had just received, The Memoirs of the Cambridge A[mateur]. D[ramatic]. C[lub]., which had many notices of my dear, dear boy [her son Augustus Guest, 1840-1862], and recalled many memories.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 15 Mar 1880
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: Poole
   
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1812
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Memoirs of the Cambridge A. D. C.
Genre: Drama, Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27562  
Source - Print  
  Author: Lady Charlotte Schreiber
  Editor: Earl of Bessborough
  Title: Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1952
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 161
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27562, accessed: 20 April 2024

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