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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 6 November 1850: 'I have just finished reading the "Life of Dr Arnold", but now when I wish -- in accordance with your request -- to exp...Charlotte Bronte Arthur Penrhyn StanleyLife of Dr ArnoldPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Mrs Smith (mother of her publisher George Smith), 17 April 1851: 'Before I received your note, I was nursing a comfortable and complacent conviction t...Charlotte Bronte Mrs SmithNote to Charlotte BronteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to Robert Southey, 16 March 1837: 'At the first perusal of your letter I felt only shame, and regret that I had ever ventured to trouble you [with reques...Charlotte Bronte Robert Southeyletter to Charlotte BronteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 5 April 1849:

'The Cornhill books are still our welcome and congenial resource while Anne [sister, in terminal decline] i...		Charlotte Brontė Thomas CarlyleMiscellaniesPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 1 November 1849: 'I have just received the "Daily News." [containing review of "Shirley"] ... when I read it my heart sickened...Charlotte Bronte The Daily NewsPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 10 January 1850: 'I have received and perused the "Edinburgh Review" [containing negative review of "Shirley" by her friend G....Charlotte Bronte George Henry LewesReview of Charlotte Bronte, ShirleyPrint: Serial / periodical
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
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
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 12 April 1850: 'The perusal of Southey's "Life" has lately afforded me much pleasure; the autobiography with which it commence...Charlotte Bronte Robert SoutheyLifePrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 14 December 1847: 'A few days since I looked over "The Professor." I found the beginning very feeble, the whole narrative def...Charlotte Bronte Charlotte BronteThe ProfessorManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 16 August 1849: '"The North British Review" duly reached me. I read attentively all it says about E. Wyndham, J. Eyre, and F....Charlotte Bronte The North British ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
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
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: '"The North American Review" [containing reviews of the Bronte sisters' works in which the authors are presu...Charlotte Bronte The North American ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Charlotte Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 28 September 1850, on preparing to write preface to new edition of "Wuthering Heights": 'I am ... compelling myself to read it...Charlotte Bronte Emily BronteWuthering HeightsUnknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, September 1848: ' ... of ["Ellis Bell's" poetry's] merit I am deeply convinced, and have been from the moment the MS. fell int...Charlotte Bronte Emily BrontepoemsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'Currer Bell [ie Charlotte Bronte]'s book [The Professor] found acceptance nowhere ... he tried one ...Charlotte Bronte Letter from Smith, Elder & Co., publishersManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'One day, in the autumn of 1845, I accidentally lighted on an MS. volume of verse in my sister Emily...Charlotte Bronte Emily BrontepoemsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Gaskell, "Life of Charlotte Bronte" (1857): '[Charlotte Bronte's] hosts [in London] took pleasure in showing her the sights of London. On one of the days which...Charlotte Bronte The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to G. H. Lewes, 22 November 1847:] 'I have now read "Ranthorpe." I could not get it till a day or two ago; but I have got it and r...Charlotte Bronte George Henry LewesRanthorpePrint: Book


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