Record Number: 28737

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 10 November 1851:

'I have now read "The Fair Carew." It seems to me a delightful work and of genuine metal. Whether it has the glare and strong excitement necessary to attract the million I do not know, but I find in it the ease and repose only seen in good books. It owns both breadth of outline and delicacy of finish [...] The truth and nature of the characters are beyond praise; the satire has a keen edge, yet the temper of the work is good and genial. The writer is as shrewd as Miss Austen and not so shrewish, as interesting as Mrs Inchbald and more vigorous [...] The interest is strongest in the latter half of the first volume; yet for me the narrative never flagged, and where I was not spellbound I was charmed and amused. Who and what is this lady?'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1851 and 10 Nov 1851

Country:

England

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

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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:

anon

Title:

The Fair Carew; Or, Husbands and Wives

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28737

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:

288

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. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28737, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None