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Record 28720

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 7 January 1851:

'I am glad "The Kicklebury's" is likely to be successful; it has that interest and that pith without which Thackeray cannot write, yet I mentally wrung my hands as I laid it down.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Dec 1850 and 7 Jan 1851
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Charlotte Brontë
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 21 Apr 1816
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Title: The Kickeleburys on the Rhine: A new Picture-Book drawn and written by Mr M. A. Titmarsh
Genre: Fiction, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1850
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28720  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington
  Title: The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: 2:3
  Page: 195
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28720, accessed: 24 May 2013

Additional comments:

 

 

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