Record Number: 28735
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 6 August 1851:
'I have read "The Saint's Tragedy". As a "work of art" it seems to me far superior to either
"Alton Locke" or "Yeast." Faulty it may be, crude and unequal, yet there are portions where
some of the deep chords of human life are swept with a hand which is strong even while it
falters [comments further] [...] Seldom do I cry over books, but here my eyes rained as I
read. When Elizabeth turns her face to the wall — I stopped — there needed no more [makes
further brief comments on text].'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1851 and 6 Aug 1851
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Saint's Tragedy; or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1848
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28735
Source: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:268-269
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. 268-269, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28735, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
