Record Number: 28726

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 5 February 1851:

'Those papers on the London Poor are singularly interesting; to me they open a new and strange world, very dark, very dreary, very noisome in some of its recesses, a world that is fostering such a future as I scarcely dare to imagine [...] The fidelity and simplicity of the letterpress details harmonise well with the daguerrotype illustrations.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1851 and 5 Feb 1851

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire

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:

Henry Mayhew

Title:

London Labour and the London Poor

Genre:

Social Science, Biography, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28726

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:

207-208

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. 207-208, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28726, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None