Charlotte Guest

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Charlotte Guest


Born
in Uffington, Lincolnshire, England
May 19, 1812

Died
January 15, 1895

Genre
Classics, Mythology


Charlotte Guest (Born Charlotte 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 known as Lady Charlotte Schreiber, she 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 ...more

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The Mabinogion, Volume 3
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Peredur, the Son of Evrawc
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Mabinogion tales
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Tales from the Mabinogion
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