Record Number: 19153
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am extremely obliged to you for the pacquet of Miss Bronte's letters which I found here on my return home, too late for Friday's post for me to acknowledge them. I have read them hastily over and I like the tone of them very much; it is curious how much the spirit in which she writes varies according to the correspondent whom she was addressing, I imagine. I like the series of letters which you have sent better than any other excepting one that I have seen. The subjects too are very interesting; how beautifully she speaks (for instance) of her wanderings on the moor after her sister's death.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 15 Dec 1855
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove
(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:29 Sep 1810
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer, clergyman's wife
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letters to W.S. Williams]
Genre:letters
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
lent by Williams
Source Information:
Record ID:19153
Source: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:375
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The, (Manchester, 1997), p. 375, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19153, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to W.S. Williams. She was writing her Life of Bronte.
