Record Number: 28427
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Branwell Bronte to the Editor of Blackwood's Magazine, asking to be considered as a contributor, [7] December 1835:] 'It is not from affected hypocrisy that I commence my letter with the name of James Hogg; for the writings of that man in your numbers, his speeches in your "Noctes," when I was a child, laid a hold on my mind which succeeding years have consecrated into a most sacred feeling. I cannot express, though you can understand, the heavenliness of associations connected with such articles as Professor Wilson's, read and re-read while a little child [...] when a child "Blackwood" formed my chief delight, and I feel certain no child before enjoyed reading as I did, because none ever had such works as "The Noctes," "Christmas Dreams," "Christopher in his Sporting Jacket" to read [goes on comment further, and to quote passage concerning the death of its narrator's "golden-haired sister," with the remark that he had read it at the time of his own sister's death]'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:26 Jun 1817
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn "Blackwood's Magazine"
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Record ID:28427
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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:I-II
Page:133
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), I-II, p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28427, accessed: 04 October 2024
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