Record Number: 27551

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

15 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare from King John to Henry VIII since I came abroad [in September 1879], and hope to read them more carefully again.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1879 and 15 Oct 1879

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

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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:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

also known as Lady Charlotte Guest. Nee Charlotte Bertie

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

history plays

Genre:

Drama, History, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27551

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:

157

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 157, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27551, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None