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Lady Cynthia Asquith
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Charles Dickens : unknown
'Lady Cynthia Asquith, daughter of the eleventh Earl [of Elcho] ... regularly reread her favourite [Dickens] stories ...'
Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Cynthia Asquith Print: Book
Mrs Henry Wood : East Lynne
'Lady Cynthia Asquith's diary recorded about one January Sunday in 1917, "Stayed in bed until dinner. I read 'East Lynne' till my eyes ached."'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Cynthia Asquith Print: Book
Florence L. Barclay : The Rosary
' ... at Stanway in 1916 for her sister's twenty-first birthday, Lady Cynthia [Asquith] entertained family and guests after dinner by [mockingly] reading from The Rosary [by Florence L. Barclay] ...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Cynthia Asquith Print: Book
George Meredith : The Egoist
"Lady Cynthia Asquith ... believed [as she recorded in her diary] that 'Meredith is very good for reading aloud.' On 10 March 1916 she tested this proposition by reading 'Mamma [Countess Wemyss] two chapters of The Egoist after dinner: she fell asleep'."
