Record Number: 27828

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[following journal entry for 19 February 1889] 'That evening [Lady Charlotte Schreiber's] youngest daughter, Blanche, dined and read to her the article on Lord Beaconsfield in the Quarterly Review. Lady Charlotte's comment was: "This I am sure could have been written by no one but Henry Layard." It was so.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

19 Feb 1889

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Reader:

Blanche Countess of Bessborough

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1847

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Lady Charlotte Schreiber (reader's mother, b.1812)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Layard

Title:

article on Lord Beaconsfield

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Quarterly Review

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27828

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Editor:

Earl of Bessborough

Title:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journals 1853-1891

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1952

Vol:

n/a

Page:

200

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journals 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 200, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27828, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Henry Layard was Lady Charlotte's son-in-law, married to her daughter Enid. Blanche had married Edward, 8th earl of Bessborough, in 1875.