Record Number: 18468
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[The Comtesse] has a [italics] library [end italics] of novels - literally; so that I wonder she has not, by filling her head with such a mass of trash, committed half a dozen murders and run away from her husband at least as many times, to make herself a heroine; - and, what is more, she cannot be [italics] scrupulous [end italics] in the selection of these novels, from the specimens of some she has lent me. Yet none of this idle reading seems to have injured her mind or manners; she speaks French beautifully, has very good manners, and is, I am told, very amiable'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:other location: Lake Como
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
anonymous correspondent of Charlotte Bury
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[novels]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
lent by the Comtesse ----
Source Information:
Record ID:18468
Source:Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:2
Page:154
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), 2, p. 154, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18468, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter is undated and chronology is unclear - after the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817
