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Record 27791

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[between Journal entries for 1 October 1887 and 6 January 1889, concerning period following Easter 1888] 'In order to save her eyes, which now increasingly troubled her, [Lady Charlotte Schreiber] started having Moody read to her. The first book was Nollekens and his Times, which she found stupid.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Mar 1888 and 30 Jun 1888
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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: Moody
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Servant
Occupation: Lady's maid to Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Lady Charlotte Schreiber (b. 1812, reader's employer)
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Nollekens and his Times
Genre: History, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27791  
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: 198
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 198, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27791, accessed: 01 May 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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