Record Number: 27562

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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

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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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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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

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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/RED/record_details.php?id=27562, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None