Record Number: 28767
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte:
'"I recollect [...] [Bronte's] saying how acutely she dreaded a charge of plagiarism when, after
she had written "Jane Eyre," she read the thrilling effect of the mysterious scream at midnight
in Mrs Marsh's story of "The Deformed." She also said that, when she read "The Neighbours,"
she thought every one would fancy that she must have taken her conception of Jane Eyre's
character from that of "Francesca," the narrator of Miss Bremer's story. For my own part, I
cannot see the slightest resemblance between the two characters"'.
1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
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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
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'The Deformed'
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28767
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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:98
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 98, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28767, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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