Record Number: 27787

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

3 April 1887: 'Today I have been tempted to open old journals of 54 years ago. Many of the circumstances to which allusion is made in them, are now forgotten, and all is painful.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

3 Apr 1887

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Bertie Guest

Title:

journals of c.1833

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27787

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:

196

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 196, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27787, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lady Charlotte's maiden name was Bertie; her first married name, taken when she was aged c.22, was Guest.