√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Southey letter to Charlotte Bronte Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850, regarding possible publication of letters between herself and Robert Southey: 'I have now read them and feel... Charlotte Bronte Robert and Charlotte Southey and Bronte letters Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Charles Cuthbert Southey, 26 August 1850: ' ... the perusal of his [Robert Southey's] "Life and Correspondence" arranged by yourself has much deepened... Charlotte Bronte Robert Southey Life and Correspondence Unknown 1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 4 August 1839, about event following visit of David Pryce, a young Irish curate, to Haworth Parsonage: 'A few days after I got a letter ... Charlotte Bronte David Pryce letter Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Hartley Coleridge, 10 December 1840: 'I am sorry Sir I did not exist forty or fifty years ago when the "Lady's magazine" was flourishing like a green ... Charlotte Bronte The Lady's Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 2 April 1841: 'If you think I'm going to refuse your invitation ... you're mistaken -- as soon as I read your shabby little note -- I ga... Charlotte Bronte Ellen Nussey Note inviting Charlotte Bronte on visit Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Bronte poems Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Charlotte 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., publishers Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte 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 : Book1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Bronte The Professor Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Charlotte 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 : Newspaper1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 12 January 1848: 'What induced you to say that you would rather have written "Pride & Prejudice" or "Tom Jones" than any of the Waverley ... Charlotte Bronte George Henry Lewes letter Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 12 January 1848: 'What induced you to say that you would rather have written "Pride & Prejudice" or "Tom Jones" than any of the Waverley ... Charlotte Bronte Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 18 January 1848: 'I have not read "Azeth", but I did read or begin to read a tale in the "New Monthly" from the same pen, and ... must co... Charlotte Bronte Eliza Lynn Linton story in New Monthly Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte postscript to letter to William Smith Williams, 12 May 1848: 'I find -- on glancing over yours, that I have forgotten to answer a question you ask respec... Charlotte Bronte William Smith Williams letter to Charlotte Bronte Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Bronte poems Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Williams letter Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 29 March 1849: 'I read your kind note to Anne and she wishes me to thank you sincerely for your friendly proposal.' Charlotte Bronte Ellen Nussey note Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 12 April 1849: 'I read Anne's letter [of 5 April] to you; it was touching enough ...' Charlotte Bronte Anne Bronte letter to Ellen Nussey Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte 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 News Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Elizabeth 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 Times Print : Newspaper1850-1899 Charlotte 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 Lewes Review of Charlotte Bronte, Shirley Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 16 February 1850: 'A few days since a little incident happened which curiously touched me. Papa put into my hands a little packet of le... Charlotte Bronte Maria Branwell letters and papers Manuscript : Letter, Unknown1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 16 March 1850: 'I return Mr Thornton Hunt's note after reading it carefully.' Charlotte Bronte Thornton Hunt Note Manuscript : Letter1850-1899 Charlotte 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 Southey Life Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte 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 Austen Emma Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 18 September 1850: 'You should be very thankful that books cannot "talk to each other as well as to their readers" ... Dr Knox alone, wi... Charlotte Bronte Robert Knox The Races of Men: A Fragment Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte 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 Bronte Wuthering Heights Unknown 1850-1899 Charlotte 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 Smith Note to Charlotte Bronte Manuscript : Letter1850-1899 Charlotte 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 papers Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 Charlotte 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 Stanley Life of Dr Arnold Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 3 December 1850: 'On referring to Mr Newby's letters, I find in one of them, a boast that he is "advertising vigorously."' Charlotte Bronte Newby letter Manuscript : Letter1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to James Taylor, 1 February 1851: 'Have you yet read Miss Martineau's and Mr Atkinson's new work "Letters on the Nature and Development of Man?" ... It ... Charlotte Bronte Harriet and H. G. Martineau and Atkinson Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Developmen... Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 February 1852, after having been lent the first volume of W. M. Thackeray, "Henry Esmond", in manuscript by her publishers: 'It has b... Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace Thackeray The History of Henry Esmond (volume I) Manuscript : Unknown1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 12 January 1853, regarding timings of publications of her and Gaskell's new works: ' ... I had felt and expressed to Mr Smith -- re... Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth Gaskell Ruth Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, May 1853: 'The "Lectures" arrived safely; I have read them through twice. They must be studied to be appreciated ... I was present at t... Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace Thackeray Lectures Print : Book1800-1849 'Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point. What induced you to say that you would have rather written "Pride and Prejudice" or "Tom Jones", t... Charlotte Bronte Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Print : Book1800-1849 '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 Sand Consuelo Print : Book1800-1849 '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 Austen Emma Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Martineau Deerbrook Print : Book1800-1849 '"Currer Bell" [Charlotte Bronte] told me [Harriet Martineau] that she had read with astonishment those parts of "Household Education" which relate my own experience. It... Charlotte Bronte Harriet Martineau Household Education Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to Harriet Martineau, on Martineau's published correspondence with Atkinson: 'Having read your book, I cannot now think it will create any outcry. You a... Charlotte Bronte Harriet Martineau and H.G. Atkinson Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Developmen... Print : Book1850-1899 '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 / periodical1850-1899 [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 / periodical1850-1899 'I'm glad she [Charlotte Bronte] likes 'North and South'. I did not think Margaret was so over good. What would Miss B. say to Florence Nightingale? I can't imagine!' Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth Gaskell North and South Print : Serial / periodical1850-1899 'Miss Bronte in one of her letters to you (Mama [italics] thinks [end italics] written in the year 1835,) gives you some advice as to what books to read. Mama wants to kn... Charlotte Bronte [unknown] ['standard works'; not novels] Print : Book1800-1849 'A very fair measure of French and some skill in drawing appear to have been the most striking accomplishments which Charlotte carried back from Roe Head [school] to Hawo... Charlotte Bronte Voltaire Henriade Print : Book1800-1849 [Charlotte Bronte to her schoolfriend Ellen Nussey, 1 January 1833:]
'I am glad you like "Kenilworth"; it is certainly a splendid production, more resembling a Romance... Charlotte Bronte Walter Scott Kenilworth Print : Book1800-1849 [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 Bible Print : Book1800-1849 [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 : Book1800-1849 [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 Sims Brief Memorials of Jean Frédéric Oberlin Print : Book1800-1849 [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 Richmond Domestic Portraiture Print : Book1800-1849 [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 Price Memoir of William Wilberforce Print : Book1800-1849 [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, in postscript to letter of 7 April 1840:]
'Mr [William] Weightman [curate at Haworth] has given another lecture at the Keighley Mech... Charlotte Bronte reports of lectures by William Weightman and Patri... Print : Newspaper1800-1849 [Charlotte Bronte to William Wordsworth (in draft response to letter from him of c.1840):]
'I am sorry I did not exist, sir, fifty or sixty years ago, when the "Ladies... Charlotte Bronte The Lady's Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [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 : Book1800-1849 '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 : Book1800-1849 [Charlotte Bronte to Constantin Heger (in source eds' translation from French), 24 July 1844:]
'I greatly fear that I shall forget French [...] To avoid such a misfort... Charlotte Bronte French book/s Print : Book1800-1849 [From Charlotte Bronte's introduction to the 1850 edition of her sisters' novels:]
'One day in the autumn of 1845 I accidentally lighted on a MS. volume in verse in my... Charlotte Bronte Emily Bronte poems Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 [From Charlotte Bronte's introduction to the 1850 edition of her sisters' novels:]
'One day in the autumn of 1845 I accidentally lighted on a MS. volume in verse in my... Charlotte Bronte Anne Bronte poems Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 [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 : Unknown1800-1849 [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 / periodical1800-1849 [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 / periodical1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Newspaper1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [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 Lewes Ranthorpe Print : Book1800-1849 [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 Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Charlotte 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 : Unknown1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to Richard Hengist Horne, 15 December 1847:
'You will have thought me strangely tardy in acknowledging your courteous present, but th... Charlotte Bronte Richard Hengist Horne Orion Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte 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 Hunt A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla Print : Book1800-1849 [Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 23 December 1847:] Charlotte Brontė review of Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 [Charlotte Brontė to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:]
'I have read 2,500 with pleasure. It is a very clever and ingenious production, ...
Charlotte Brontė Henry James Mercier Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 4 February 1849:
Charlotte Brontė Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 4 February 1849:
Charlotte Brontė George Borrow The Bible in Spain Print : Book1800-1849 Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 5 April 1849:
Charlotte Brontė Thomas Carlyle Miscellanies Print : Book1850-1899 Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 9 July 1853:
Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford Print : Book1850-1899 [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 Dobell Balder Print : Book1850-1899 [Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 14 May 1854:]
'I took the time of the Leeds-Keighley-Skipton trains from Mr Clapham's Feby Time-Table and
when I go...
Charlotte Bronte Railway timetable for February [?1854] Print : Timetable
