Record Number: 28757

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 9 March 1853:

'I have tried to read "Daisy Burns"; at the close of the Ist Vol. I stopped. I must not give an opinion of it for I should seem severe. Miss Kavanagh's intentions are thoroughly good — her execution in this case seems to me disastrous [...] I find in it no real blood or life; it is painted and cold.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1853 and 9 Mar 1853

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:

Julia Kavanagh

Title:

Daisy Burns (vol. 1)

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28757

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:

2:4

Page:

51

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 51, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28757, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None