Record Number: 28743
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 11 March 1852:
'Is the first number of "Bleak House" generally admired? I liked the Chancery part, but when it
passes into the autobiographic form, and the young woman who announces that she is not
"bright" begins her history, it seems to me too often weak and twaddling; an amiable nature is
caricatured, not faithfully rendered, in Miss Esther Summerson.'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1852 and 11 Mar 1852
Country:England
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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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bleak House (opening instalment)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28743
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:322
Additional Comments:
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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=28743, accessed: 10 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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