Record Number: 28648
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
James Chesterton Bradley to Robert Keating Smith, 3 May 1902:
'A short paper of yours in "The Tatler" of April 2nd brought before me my old friend James W[illiam]. Smith. He and I were fellow curates in Yorkshire, he curate of Haworth, and I of the hill part of Keighley which joined on to Haworth [...] He and I with another of the name of Grant were the three curates in Charlotte Bronte's "Shirley." I need not say how indignant I have often been at the way in which she speaks of him in the novel. He was a thorough gentleman in every sense of the word, and there was not the slightest ground for the insinuation she makes against him [...] We used to read together, walk together, and as often as we could, about once a week, would meet either at his or my lodgings.'
1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Yorkshire
Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:James Chesterton Bradley and James William Smith
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Curates
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:28648
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:2:1
Page:3-4
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford , 1980), 2:1, p. 3-4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28648, accessed: 11 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Bradley's letter is an enquiry for further information on the whereabouts of Smith, an Irishman, who was rumoured to have been shipwrecked during emigration to Canada; see p.2 in source for eds.' speculations as to his fate after leaving Britain with his family, who had suffered in the Irish famine of 1847. Robert Keating Smith was James William Smith's nephew.