Record Number: 28602
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From Ellen Nussey's reminiscences of her schoolfriends Charlotte Bronte and Mary Taylor:
'A time came that both Charlotte and Mary were so proficient in schoolroom attainments there was no more for them to learn, and Miss Wooler [teacher] set them Blair's "Belles Lettres" to commit to memory. We all laughed at their studies. Charlotte persevered, but Mary took her own line, flatly refused, and accepted the penalty of disobedience, going supperless to bed for about a month before she left school.'
1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1831 and 31 Dec 1832
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Mirfield
county: West Yorkshire
specific address: Roe Head School
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:21 Apr 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:School pupil
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28602
Source:n/a
Editor:Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington
Title:The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:1:2
Page:231-232
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 231-232, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28602, accessed: 05 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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