Record Number: 28746
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 3 April 1852:
'The box arrived safely and I very much thank you for the contents [books] which are most
kindly selected.
'As you wished me to say what I thought of "The School for Fathers" -- I hastened to read it.
The book seems to me clever, interesting, very amusing and likely to please generally. There
is a merit in the choice of ground which is not yet too hackneyed; a comparative freshness of
subject, character, and epoch give the tale a certain attractiveness [comments further and in
detail on text].'
1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1852 and 3 Apr 1852
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 School for Fathers
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsWritten under pseudonym Talbot Gwynne
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28746
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:326-327; 326
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. 326-327; 326, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28746, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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