Record Number: 28742

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 11 March 1852:

'I have read the "Paris Sketches" slowly, and by regulated allowances of so much per diem. I was so afraid of exhausting the precious provision too quickly. What curious traces one finds (at least so it struck me) of a somewhat wild, regular [sic], and reckless life being led at that time by the Author! And yet how good — how truthful and sagacious are many of the papers — such as touch on politics, for instance — and above all the critical articles! And then whatever vinegar and gall, whatever idle froth a book of Thackeray's may contain, it has no dregs; you never go and wash your hands when you put it down [...] Perverse he may be and is, but, to do him justice, not degraded; no — never.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1852 and 11 Mar 1852

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:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Title:

Paris Sketches

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28742

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:

322

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. 322, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28742, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None