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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899[Gaskell relates how Charlotte Bronte presented her father with 'Jane Eyre'] ''May I read you some reviews.' So she read them; and then she asked him if he would read the...Charlotte Bronte [reviews of Jane Eyre]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899[Gaskell relates how Charlotte Bronte presented her father with 'Jane Eyre'] ''May I read you some reviews.' So she read them; and then she asked him if he would read the...Patrick Bronte Charlotte Bronte Jane 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
1850-1899'I am afraid I never told you that I did not mind your reading Jane Eyre'.Marianne Gaskell Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'And another one that I loved was when I had mumps and was in the san which had a very small library and I read Still She Wished for Company whic...Hilary Spalding 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
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher W. S. Williams, 28 October 1847:] 'I have just received the "Tablet" and the "Morning Advertiser." Neither paper se...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:] 'I have just received the "Tablet" and the "Morning Advertiser." Neither paper se...Charlotte Bronte Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849[George Henry Lewes to Elizabeth Gaskell:] 'When Jane Eyre first appeared, the publishers courteously sent me a copy. The enthusiasm with which I read it made me go do...George Henry Lewes Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publishers, Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 13 November 1847:] 'This morning I received the "Spectator." The critique [of Ja...Charlotte Bronte review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 17 November 1847:] 'The perusal of the "Era" gave me much pleasure, as did that of the "People's...Charlotte Bronte review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 17 November 1847:] 'The perusal of the "Era" gave me much pleasure, as did that of the "People's...Charlotte Bronte review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publishers, Messrs Smith, Elder and Co., 1 December 1847:] 'The "Examiner" reached me to-day [...] The notice in the "Exami...Charlotte Bronte Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyrePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 11 December 1847:] 'There are moments when I can hardly credit that anything I have done should ...Sir John Herschel Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte (as 'Currer Bell') to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 11 December 1847:] 'There are moments when I can hardly credit that anything I have done should ...James Henry Leigh Hunt Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'very powerful & interesting, in parts very fine, not altogether pleasing — some striking delineation of character; it is said to be by a woman, but it is not femin...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Charlotte BrontëJane EyrePrint: Book


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