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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 11 December 1847: 'Mr Thackeray is a keen, ruthless satirist -- I have never perused his writings but with blended feelings of...Charlotte Bronte Wililam Makepeace Thackeray Print: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 18 December 1847: '"The Observer" has just reached me ... I always compel myself to read the Analysis [of her work] in every n...Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Bronte Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'Of Charlotte Bronte's sojourn at Upperwood House, Rawdon, there is only one slight record apart from her letters. It is contained in a communication to the Westminster G...Charlotte Bronte  Print: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 11 December 1847: 'I hardly ever felt delight equal to that which cheered me when I received your...Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace Thackeray Print: Unknown
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 31 March 1846:] 'I received the number of the Record you sent and despatched it forwards to Mr Young &c. am I right? I read D'Aubign...Charlotte Bronte Jean Henri Merle D'Aubigne"Letter"Print: Unknown
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 20 August 1840:] 'I have got another bale of French books from Gomersal -- containing upwards of 40 volumes -- I have read about hal...Charlotte Bronte 'French books'Print: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on her struggles with religious melancholy, 20 February 1837:] 'Last Sunday I took up my Bible in a gloomy frame of mind; I began to...Charlotte Bronte 'life of a certain French nobleman'Print: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers, Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 25 December 1847: 'Permit me to thank you for your present, which reached me yesterda...Charlotte Bronte Leigh HuntA Jar of Honey from Mount HyblaPrint: Book
1850-1899

[Charlotte Bronte to Sydney Dobell, 3 February 1854:]


'"Balder" arrived safely. I looked at him, before cutting his leaves, with singular pleasure [...]...

Charlotte Bronte Sydney DobellBalderPrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on her struggles with religious melancholy, 20 February 1837:] 'Last Sunday I took up my Bible in a gloomy frame of mind; I began to...Charlotte Bronte BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:] 'My life since I saw you last has passed on as monotonously...Charlotte Bronte Thomas SimsBrief Memorials of Jean Frédéric OberlinPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 23 October 1850: ' .. my late occupation left a result for some days and indeed still, very painful. The reading over of papers, the ren...Charlotte Bronte Bronte family papersManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Now I can understand admiration of George Sand; for though I never saw any of her works which I admired throughout (even "Consuelo", which is the best, of the best that ...Charlotte Bronte George SandConsueloPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 9 July 1853:

'Thank you for your letter — it was as pleasant as a quiet chat [...] as reviving as a friend's v...		Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth GaskellCranfordPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte (writing as Currer Bell) to Harriet Martineau, 7 November 1849: 'When C.B. first read "Deerbrook" he tasted a new and keen pleasure [...] "Deerbrook" ran...Charlotte Bronte Harriet MartineauDeerbrookPrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:] 'My life since I saw you last has passed on as monotonously...Charlotte Bronte Legh RichmondDomestic PortraiturePrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 12 April 1850: 'The perusal of Southey's "Life" has lately afforded me much pleasure ... I have likewise read one of Miss Aust...Charlotte Bronte Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
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1850-1899		'I have likewise read one of Miss Austen's works "Emma" - read it with interest and with just the degree of admiration which Miss Austen herself would have thought sensib...Charlotte Bronte Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 4 February 1849:

'I send the parcel [returning books loaned by Williams] up without delay [...] Emerson's ...		Charlotte Brontë Ralph Waldo EmersonEssaysPrint: Book
1850-1899'she [Charlotte Bronte] was very angry indeed with that part of the Examiner review of Esmond (I had forgotten it) which said his [Thackeray's] works would not live; and ...Charlotte Bronte Examiner [review of Thackeray's 'Henry Esmond']Print: Serial / periodical


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