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Record 27722

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[between journal entries for 10 October and 19 November 1880] 'The evening readings of Tristram Shandy created in Lady Charlotte a feeling of disgust, and she thought it sad that a man who could write so finely should have so perverted his talents, though she recognized the number of beautiful passages.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 10 Oct 1880 and 19 Nov 1880
Country: Holland
Time: evening
Place: n/a
   
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:

Reading Group:Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Member of Parliament and wife
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: Holland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laurence Sterne
Title: Tristram Shandy
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27722  
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: 171
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27722, accessed: 29 March 2024

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