Record Number: 28740
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, December 1851:
'You ask me about the "Lily and the Bee." If you have read it dear Ellen, you have effected an
exploit beyond me. I glanced at a few pages and laid it down hopeless, nor can I find courage
to resume it. But then I never liked Warren's writings.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Nov 1851 and 31 Dec 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 Lily and the Bee; an apologue of the Crystal Palace of 1851
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Crafts, Arts / architecture, Technology, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1851
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28740
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:299
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. 299, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28740, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None