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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Villette'Sarah Good Charlotte BrontėVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'I prefer Villette to Shirley, on the whole.'Leslie Stephen Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'Today I finished "Wuthering Heights" and began "Villette". I must try and get a set of the Bronte books as soon as I can - they are most refreshing and not a bit old fa...Hilary Spalding Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'Finished "Villette", and went fast asleep on couch.'Hilary Spalding Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1800-1849'O! "Esmond"! That book marks its own year in one's life. I never did any justice to Thackeray before; and I cannot now read "Vanity Fair". But the pub...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'She [Charlotte Bronte] has had an uncomfortable kind of coolness with Miss Martineau, on account of some [italics] very [end italics] disagreeable remarks Miss M. made o...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'The difference between Miss Bronte and me is that she puts all her naughtiness into her books, and I put all my goodness. I am sure that she works off a great deal that...Lady Kay-Shuttleworth Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1850-1899'The difference between Miss Bronte and me is that she puts all her naughtiness into her books, and I put all my goodness. I am sure that she works off a great deal that...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'By this time you will probably have finished reading "Villette". What do you think of the ending? I can just hear you saying "Cracked — absolutely!" It certainly is mo...Clive Staples Lewis Charlotte BrontėVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue, Northcourt Avenue, 25th April 1945
    F. E. Pollard in the chair.

[...]

2. The m...		Margaret Dilks Charlotte BrontėVillettePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Philip Inman] loved everything by Charlotte Bronte, partly for what she had to say about the class system: "Characters like Jane Eyre and Lucy Snowe were humble individ...Philip Inman Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book


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