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Record Number: 18290


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'She finished reading to me the rest of the papers and correspondence, which at present occupy so much of her thoughts'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

21 Oct 1811

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: Kensington Palace

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Princess Caroline Princess of Wales

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

17 May 1768

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Princess of Wales

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Germany

Country of Experience:

England

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

Lady Charlotte Bury


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[papers and correspondence]

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Personal papers relating to her marriage, banishment, her supposed adultery and that of her husband, etc.

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

18290

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Charlotte Bury

Editor:

A. Francis Steuart

Title:

Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

I

Page:

48

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), I, p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18290, accessed: 28 September 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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