Record Number: 28614

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 16 November 1848:

'To-day I have received the "Spectator" and the "Revue des deux Mondes." The "Spectator" consistently maintains the tone it first assumed regarding the Bells [...] Blind he is as any bat, insensate as any stone, to the merits of Ellis [i.e. Emily Brontë] [...] Because Ellis's poems are short and abstract, the critics think them comparatively insignificant and dull. They are mistaken.
'The notice in the "Revue des deux Mondes" is one of the most able, the most acceptable to the author, of any that has yet appeared. Eugene Forcade understood and enjoyed "Jane Eyre." I cannot say that of all who have professed to criticise it. The censures are as well-founded as the commendations. The specimens of the translation given are on the whole good; now and then the meaning of the original has been misapprehended, but generally it is well rendered.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Nov 1848

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:

Charlotte Brontë

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 Apr 1816

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Eugene Forcade

Title:

[Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the 'Revue des deux mondes'

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28614

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

271

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. 271, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28614, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None