Record Number: 18407

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There is a most amiable Archbishop, who is very anxious for my conversion to the "[italics] true [end italics] faith". He gives me all sorts of books to read'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rome

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:

Charlotte Bury

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

18 Feb 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Lady-in-waiting

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Catholic books]

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
lent by an Archbishop

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18407

Source:

Print

Author:

Charlotte Bury

Editor:

A. Francis Steuart

Title:

Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

II

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), II, p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18407, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Sinced the chronology is so confused in Bury's diary it is probably safer to say date unknown - 1815-1820. She organised the material long afterwards.