Record Number: 7761

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'During breakfast I read some of Mme. d'Arblay's Memoirs to dear Charley, who was much interested in her account of Dr. Johnson. He had not read it before, and I had not read it since it first came out.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

17 Mar 1856

Country:

unknown

Time

morning: at breakfast

Place:

n/a

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 Schreiber

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

19 May 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

translator and businesswoman

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

Her husband, Charles Schreiber

Additional Comments:

also known as Lady Charlotte Guest, nee Bertie

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frances Burney

Title:

Memoirs

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7761

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Editor:

Earl of Bessborough

Title:

Lady Charlotte Screiber: Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1952

Vol:

n/a

Page:

50

Additional Comments:

Journal entry: 17 Mar 1856

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Screiber: Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 50, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7761, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None