Record Number: 4308

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Emily Bronte, diary paper for 26 June 1837: 'Monday evening June 26 1837 A bit past 4 o'clock Charolotte [sic] working in Aunts room Branwell reading "Eugene Aram" to her ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

26 Jun 1837

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: 4.00pm

Place:

city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire
specific address: Haworth Parsonage

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:

Branwell Bronte

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

26 Jun 1817

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Title:

Eugene Aram

Genre:

Fiction, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4308

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Juliet Barker

Title:

The Brontes: A Life in Letters

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

53

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters, (London, 1997), p. 53, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4308, accessed: 08 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None