Record Number: 27722

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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

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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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Laurence Sterne

Title:

Tristram Shandy

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27722, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None