Record Number: 9420

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Berry, Journal, 29 May 1814: 'The Princess [of Wales] sent for me at three o'clock. She made Lady Charlotte read to me the letters that had passed between the Queen and her on the subject of the drawing-rooms [i.e. two gatherings, to take place in June 1814, from which the Prince of Wales wished his wife to be excluded]. They were good, but too long, and sometime marked by Whitbread's lack of taste, who dictated them.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

28 May 1814

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

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:

Lady Charlotte

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Lady in waiting

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Berry

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Queen of England

Title:

Letters to the Princess of Wales

Genre:

Letters

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9420

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

3

Page:

25

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 3, p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9420, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None