Record Number: 28783

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Margaret Wooler, Charlotte Bronte's former schoolteacher, to Ellen Nussey, another former pupil (1857):

'Did I name to you that Mrs E. Gibson knows two or three young ladies in Hull who finished their education at Madame Heger's pension? Mrs Gaskell said they read "Villette" with keen interest — of course they would.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

'young ladies'

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Brontë

Title:

Villette

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28783

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:

228

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. 228, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28783, accessed: 16 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Madame Heger's pension, where Bronte had taught, was her model for the girls' school in Villette.