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Record Number: 28732


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 5 May 1851:

'I enclose a letter of Mr Morgan's to Papa — written just after he had read "Shirley." It is curious to see the latent feeling roused in the old gentleman — I was especially struck with his remark about the chap. entitled "The Valley of the Shadow, &c." he must have had a true sense of what he read or he could not have made it.'

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1849 and 11 Mar 1851

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mr Morgan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Bronte

Title:

Shirley

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1849

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28732

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:

231

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. 231, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28732, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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