Record Number: 27783
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
21 August 1886: 'It is a great effort to me to think of moving; my feeling of desolation makes it difficult for me to decide on any change, and yet I am always eager to be at work. A passage in Macaulay's Essay on Atterbury struck me very much the other day. He says: "Grief, which disposes gentle natures to retirement, to inaction and to meditation, only makes restless spirits more restless." I am sure this is the case with me, I must be always doing something. My reading, this past summer, has chiefly been Macaulay's History. It has been of immense interest to me, but I forget it almost as fast as I read it. My chief time for reading is in the night if I happen to wake, or in the early morning.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Aug 1886 and 21 Aug 1886
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1812
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essay on Atterbury
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:27783
Source:Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Editor:Earl of Bessborough
Title:Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journal 1853-1891
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1952
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Page:192
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 192, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27783, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Lady Charlotte was still grieving the loss of her husband Charles Schreiber, who had died on 29 March 1884.