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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 19 January 1850: 'Mr Nicholls having finished "Jane Eyre" is now crying out for the 'other book' [Shirley] ...'Arthur Bell Nicholls Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
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1850-1899		Algernon Charles Swinburne to Sir T. Wemyss Reid, in response to Reid's Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph, 24 September 1877:

'I need not say how grateful I shou...		Algernon Charles Swinburne Charlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
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1850-1899		From Lady Ritchie (W. M. Thackeray's daughter)'s recollections of her first meeting with Charlotte Bronte:

'To say that we little girls had been given Jane E...		Thackeray sistersCharlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
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1850-1899		Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 19 March 1850:

'I enclose for your perusal a scrap of paper which came into my hands without the knowledge...		anon Charlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
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1850-1899		Mary Taylor to her schoolfriend Charlotte Bronte, 13 August 1850:

'After waiting about six months we have just got "Shirley." It was landed from the Constant...		Mary Taylor Charlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book
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[A former pupil of Cowan Bridge School, Yorkshire (the model for 'Lowood' in Jane Eyre), to Charlotte Bronte's widower, Arthur Bell Nicholls:]


'On fir...

Anon Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849George Smith, A Memoir (London, 1902): 'The MS. of "Jane Eyre" was read by Mr Wiliams ... he brought it to me on a Saturday, and said that he would like me to read it .....Charlotte BronteJane EyreManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849George Smith, A Memoir (London, 1902): 'The MS. of "Jane Eyre" was read by Mr Wiliams ... he brought it to me on a Saturday, and said that he would like me to read it .....George Murray Smith Charlotte BronteJane EyreManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849W. M. Thackeray to William Smith Williams, 23 October 1847: 'I wish you had not sent me "Jane Eyre." It interested me so much that I have lost (or won if you like) a who...William Makepeace Thackeray Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849J. G. Lockhart to a friend, 29 December 1847: 'I have finished the adventures of Miss Jane Eyre, and think her far the cleverest that was written since Austen and Edgewor...John Gibson Lockhart Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 4 January 1848: '"Jane Eyre" has got down into Yorkshire; a copy has even penetrated into this neighbourhood: I saw an elderly...Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Taylor to Charlotte Bronte, 24 July 1848: 'About a month since I received and read "Jane Eyre".'Mary Taylor Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'Can you tell me about "Jane Eyre", - who wrote it? I am told I wrote the 1st vol: and I don't know how to disbelieve it myself, - though I am wholly ignorant of the auth...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'When I [Harriet Martineau] read ["Jane Eyre"], I was convinced that it was by some friend of my own, who had portions of my childish experience in his or her mind.'Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'she said to H M, 'What did you really think of "Jane Eyre"?' H M. I thought it a first rate book, whereupon the little spirite went red all over with pleasure.'Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 'Jane Eyre', it is an uncommon book. I don't know if I like or dislike it. I take the opposite side to the person I'm talking with always in order to hear some conv...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849[W. M. Thackeray to W. S. Williams, 23 October 1847:] 'I wish you had not sent me Jane Eyre. It interested me so much that I have lost (or won if you like) a whole day...William Makepeace Thackeray Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 26 October 1847:] 'I have received the newspapers. They speak quite as favourably of ...Charlotte Bronte Review of Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre"Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publishers Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 26 October 1847:] 'I have received the newspapers. They speak quite as favourably of ...Charlotte Bronte Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher W. S. Williams, 28 October 1847:] 'The "Weekly Chronicle" seems inclined to identify me with Mrs Marsh. I never had...Charlotte Bronte Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Serial / periodical


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