Record Number: 27775
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
16 March 1884, from Lisbon, en route home from South Africa: 'I am now reading to C. S. that charming book Rob Roy. Scott never palls. In the steamer we amused ourselves with Barnaby Rudge and The Old Curiosity Shop [...] C.S. likes my reading, and it has the blessed effect of often sending him to sleep, when he seems indisposed and restless.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1884 and 16 Mar 1884
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: At sea, on board steamer
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Charles Schreiber (reader's husband)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Old Curiosity Shop
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27775
Source: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:180
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 180, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27775, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The Schreibers had been staying in South Africa for the benefit of Charles's health, which had been poor, and declining, for several months; he died on 29 March 1884.
