Record Number: 28731

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Taylor to her schoolfriend Ellen Nussey, 11 March 1851:

'Mama has written to Waring abusing Miss Bronte for writing "Shirley," and Waring thereupon asked to read it. He says the characters are all unfaithful, and stoutly denies that ever my father talked broad Yorkshire. He seems to have forgotten home altogether.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1851 and 11 Mar 1851

Country:

New Zealand

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wellington

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:

William Waring Taylor

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Merchant and politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

New Zealand

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Bronte

Title:

Shirley

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28731

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:

213

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. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28731, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Bronte had based the Yorke family in Shirley on members of the Taylor family.