Record Number: 27547

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

14 July 1878: 'Enid amused me with a book by Ouida, called Friendship, founded on the life of Mrs. Ross, Sir A. Gordon's daughter, very mischievous. Presently C[harles]. S[chreiber]. came out, and I read him the commencement of Lecky's History of the XVIIIth Century in England.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

14 Jul 1878

Country:

Turkey

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Constantinople

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:

Enid Layard

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1843

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Wife of British Ambasssador to Turkey

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Turkey

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

Lady Charlotte Schreiber (reader's mother)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ouida

Title:

Friendship

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27547

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:

153

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 153, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27547, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

The Schreibers in Turkey visiting one of Lady Charlotte's daughters by her first marriage, Enid, who was married to Henry Layard, British Ambassador to Turkey.