Record Number: 24679

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

19 February 1854: 'After breakfast I walked with my boys [i.e. two of her sons] to Trinity College [Cambridge]. They took me through the Great Court [...] and thence into Neville's Court, where it was proposed to beat up Mr. [Charles] Schreiber's quarters, which were 3rd door from West corner on North side of court [...] there we found him, his toilet being only just completed [...] The boys went out to order dinner [...] The oak was forthwith sported to keep out strangers, and I was at peace. Mr. Schreiber meanwhile went on with his breakfast; I sat on the sofa behind him, with Longfellow, my own Longfellow, that I found on the shelves, in my hand.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

19 Feb 1854

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Cambridge
specific address: Trinity College
location in dwelling: Charles Schreiber's rooms, Neville's Court

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 Guest

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Businesswoman in charge of Dowlais Iron Company

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24679

Source:

Print

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:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24679, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her second marriage, to Charles Schreiber, in 1855. Charles Schreiber a Fellow of Trinity College who had previously been employed by Lady Charlotte as resident tutor to her son.