Record Number: 24671

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As if she had not already enough to occupy her mind [with business and legal affairs following her first husband's death in November 1852] Lady Charlotte now suddenly developed an enthusiasm for the study of Euclid, and a number of daily entries in her journal begin in the following way: '"May 4 [1853]. Down at 7. Ivor [teenaged son] has given me an hour's Euclid.'"

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

4 May 1853

Country:

Wales

Time

morning

Place:

city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil

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:

Reading Group:

Lady Charlotte and Ivor Guest

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Businesswoman and son

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Wales

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Euclid

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Classics, Mathematics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24671

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

6

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24671, accessed: 18 July 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her second marriage.