Record Number: 18474

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The extracts you sent me of "The Thompson" correspondence are charming. I am happy to see that "we" have lost none of our powers of writing; "[italics] dat [end italics]" would be a great pity; and trust some day that all these invaluable specimens of her epistolary genius will be gathered together, and printed, and set forth, as models of letter-writing to posterity'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Italy?

Time

n/a

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:

William Gell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Apr 1777

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

archaeologist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

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:

[letters from Princess Caroline]

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18474

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:

185

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-In-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), II, p. 185, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18474, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Chronology unclear as ever with Charlotte Bury's diary and included letters - before 1820. Evidence elsewhere in the diary suggests that 'Thompson' refers to Princess Caroline