Record Number: 28693
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 27 August 1850:
'I have read Tennyson's "In Memoriam," or rather part of it; I closed the book when I had got about half-way. It is beautiful; it is mournful; it is monotonous. Many of the feelings expressed bear, in their utterance, the stamp of truth; yet, if Arthur Hallam had been somewhat nearer to Tennyson — his brother instead of his friend — I should have distrusted this rhymed, and measured, and printed monument of grief. What change the lapse of years may work I do not know; but it seems to me that bitter sorrow, while recent, does not flow out in verse.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1850 and 27 Aug 1850
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Type of Experience(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:21 Apr 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:In Memoriam A. H. H.
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28693
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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:2:3
Page:150
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 150, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28693, accessed: 15 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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