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Record Number: 27564


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

29 March 1880: 'I have not read very much since I came here, but have finished Miss Freer's memoirs of that bold, bad man, Henri Quatre. When one reads of such doings how can one wonder at the French revolution...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1880 and 29 Mar 1880

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

also known as Lady Charlotte Guest. Nee Charlotte Bertie



Text Being Read:

Author:

Miss Freer

Title:

memoir of Henri IV

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27564

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:

165

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27564, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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