Evidence: | 19 May 1854:
'My birthday [...] No cause of congratulations to me, alas, to have completed another year, when more than ever I should wish to be as young as I feel ... The chapter in My Novel [by Bulwer-Lytton] on courage and patience is admirable. It ought to be useful to me.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 01 Jan 1853 and 19 May 1854 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Lady Charlotte Guest |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 19 May 1812 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Businesswoman in charge of Dowlais Iron Company |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Title: | My Novel |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | 1853 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24681 | |
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Author: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber | |
Editor: | Earl of Bessborough | |
Title: | Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1952 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 35 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24681, accessed: 07 December 2023 |
Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her second marriage, to Charles Schreiber, in 1855. Her discontent about her age in this journal entry is due to her increasing attraction to Charles Schreiber, who was fourteen years her junior. |
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