Record Number: 28712

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 25 October 1850:

'The box of books came last night [...] Jeffrey's Essays, Dr Arnold's Life, the Roman, Alton Locke [...] Already I have read the greatest part of the "Roman" — passages in it possess a kindling virtue such as true poetry alone can boast — there are images of genuine grandeur — there are lines that at once stamp themselves on the memory [...] this Sydney or Dobell speaks with a voice of his own, unborrowed — unwicked. You hear Tennyson indeed sometimes — and Byron sometimes in some passages of the "Roman" — but then again you hear a new note — nowhere clearer than in a certain brief lyric [...] a sort of dirge over a dead brother — that not only charmed the ear and brain — it smote the heart.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 24 Oct 1850 and 25 Oct 1850

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:

Sydney Dobell

Title:

'The Roman'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28712

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:

2:3

Page:

174-175

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 174-175, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28712, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

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