Record Number: 24681
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
19 May 1854: 'My birthday [...] No cause of congratulations to me, alas, to have completed another year, when more than ever I should wish to be as young as I feel ... The chapter in My Novel [by Bulwer-Lytton] on courage and patience is admirable. It ought to be useful to me.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 01 Jan 1853 and 19 May 1854
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:19 May 1812
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Businesswoman in charge of Dowlais Iron Company
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:My Novel
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Details1853
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24681
Source: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:35
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24681, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her second marriage, to Charles Schreiber, in 1855. Her discontent about her age in this journal entry is due to her increasing attraction to Charles Schreiber, who was fourteen years her junior.