Record Number: 27785
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
6 December 1886: 'I have just come in from Regent's Park, where, notwithstanding a bitter wind, I went and read my [Divine] service. Sunday is always such a sad day with me. I cannot bear to go to church with anyone, and when I am alone I find myself brooding over the past, and the happy days when we went together, and he always held my hand in his dear hand during the lessons and the sermon.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:6 Dec 1886
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Regent's Park
(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:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Divine service
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn prayer book
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27785
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
Vol:n/a
Page:194
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from Her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 194, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27785, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Lady Charlotte was still grieving the loss of her husband Charles Schreiber, who had died on 29 March 1884. Source ed. explains: 'She had given up the habit of going to church in London on Sunday mornings on account of the memories it recalled to her, and, unless it was very cold, she took her prayer book to Regent's Park and read the service to herself there' (see p. 194).