Charlotte Elizabeth Guest



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Charlotte Elizabeth Guest

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born
May 19, 1812 in Uffington, Lincolnshire, The United Kingdom

died
January 15, 1895

gender
female

genre
Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality


About this author

Charlotte Guest (nee Bertie) was the daughter of Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey and his second wife Charlotte Susanna Elizabeth Layard. She married John Josiah Guest, a significantly-older Welsh industrialist and politician and moved to Merthyr Tydfil. The couple had 10 children.

Later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English businesswoman and translator. An important figure in the study of Welsh literature and the Welsh language, she is best known for her pioneering English translation of the major medieval work, the Mabinogion.

Guest studied a number of languages during her education, and began her work as a translator by translating documents into French for her husband's company. As she became increasingly comfortable with French...more


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Average rating: 3.88 · 151 ratings · 16 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Mabinogion
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