Record Number: 28756
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Villette was published on January 28th, 1853 [...] George Eliot wrote enthusiastically to Mrs Bray, "I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me, for I have been reading Villette, a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power"'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 23 Jan 1853 and 31 Dec 1853
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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single serial unknown
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Villette
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details23 January 1853
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Source Information:
Record ID:28756
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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:2:4
Page:37
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28756, accessed: 23 April 2024
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