Record Number: 19140

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr N. never knew, till long after Shirley was published, that she wrote books; and came in, cold & disapproving one day, to ask her if the report he had heard at Keighley was true &c. Fancy him, an Irish curate, loving her even then, reading that beginning of Shirley!'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 23 Apr 1854

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Arthur Bell Nicholls

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

curate

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Bronte

Title:

Shirley

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19140

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Editor:

J.A.V. Chapple

Title:

Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

280

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 280, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19140, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to John Forster.