Evidence: | 'One day, the Princess showed me a large book, in which she had written characters of a great many of the leading persons in England. She read me some of them. They were drawn with spirit, but I could not form any opinion of their justice; first, because a mere outline, however boldly sketched, cannot convey a faithful portraiture of character; and, secondly, because many of the persons mentioned therein wre unknown to me. Upon the whole, these characters impressed me with a high opinion of her discernment and power of expression. Not that it was good English, but that it was strong sense. But how dangerous! If that book exists, it would form a curious episode in the memoirs of those times.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Dec 1810 and 1 Mar 1811 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Princess Caroline Princess of Wales |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 17 May 1768 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Princess of Wales |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Germany |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Charlotte Bury |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Princess Caroline Princess of Wales |
Title: | [verbal sketches of well known people] |
Genre: | n/a |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: MS book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 18285 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Lady Charlotte Bury | |
Editor: | A. Francis Steuart | |
Title: | Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 19 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Lady Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), I, p. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18285, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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