Record Number: 27729

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

18 November 1881: 'This morning I laid in a stock of Tauchnitzes, and am beginning a pleasant sketch of Miss Thackeray's on Mme. de Sevigne.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

18 Nov 1881

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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 Schreiber

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Wife of Member of Parliament

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Miss Thackeray

Title:

'sketch [on Mme de Sevigne]'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by Tauchnitz

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27729

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:

177

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journals 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 177, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27729, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None