Record Number: 28488
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
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 yesterday. I was not prepared for anything so truly tasteful, and when I had opened the parcel, removed the various envelopes, and at last got a glimpse of the chastely attractive binding, I was most agreeably surprised. What is better, on examination I find the contents fully to answer the expectation excited by the charming exterior; the [italics]Honey[end italics] is quite as choice as the [italics]Jar[end italics] is elegant. The illustrations too are very beautiful, some of them peculiarly so.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 24 Dec 1847 and 25 Dec 1847
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:21 Apr 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn early copy of the first edition; the book not published until 1848.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28488
Source: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:I-II
Page:II:168
Additional Comments:
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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. II:168, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28488, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
See vol II., p165 and p.165 n.1 in source for details of authorship, and publication date, of text.