Record Number: 28718
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 4 January 1851:
'I found your note and "The Moorland Cottage," of which last I have only as yet read the
commencement, which I find to be as sweet, as pure, as fresh as an unopened morning daisy'.
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1851 and 4 Jan 1851
Country:England
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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
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Moorland Cottage
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28718
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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:194
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. 194, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28718, accessed: 01 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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