Record Number: 24681

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

19 May 1854: 'My birthday [...] No cause of congratulations to me, alas, to have completed another year, when more than ever I should wish to be as young as I feel ... The chapter in My Novel [by Bulwer-Lytton] on courage and patience is admirable. It ought to be useful to me.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 01 Jan 1853 and 19 May 1854

Country:

n/a

Time

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Place:

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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:

Lady Charlotte Guest

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

19 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Businesswoman in charge of Dowlais Iron Company

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Title:

My Novel

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1853

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24681

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:

35

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24681, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her second marriage, to Charles Schreiber, in 1855. Her discontent about her age in this journal entry is due to her increasing attraction to Charles Schreiber, who was fourteen years her junior.