Record Number: 24675
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
27 June 1853: 'After breakfast [...] Mrs. Schreiber [visiting her sick son Charles] asked me if I would read to the invalid, which at her request I could not refuse to do ... He seemed more tranquil during the few minutes I was in the room, and my short prayer, part from the Prayer Book part extempore, he joined in very fervently.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:27 Jun 1853
Country:Wales
Timemorning
Place:city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1812
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Businesswoman
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Wales
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Charles Schreiber, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, employed by Lady Charlotte as resident tutor to her son Ivor; Mrs Schreiber, Charles's mother.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Prayer Book
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24675
Source: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:11
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24675, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her marriage to Charles Schreiber in 1855.