Record Number: 28546

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Andrew Lang, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (Vol II, pp.307-309):

'"Kingsley, in a letter to Mrs Gaskell, rejoices that he had never expressed in print his opinion [of Charlotte Bronte's writing].
'""Shirley disgusted me at the opening, and I gave up the writer and her books, with a notion that she was a person who liked coarseness.""'
[source ed. adds in note: 'Kingsley repented on reading Miss Bronte's Life.']

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

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Place:

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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:

Charles Kingsley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Gaskell

Title:

Life of Charlotte Bronte

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28546

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

James Wise and John Alexander Symington

Title:

The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

2

Page:

169 and 169 n.1

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2, p. 169 and 169 n.1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28546, accessed: 01 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None