Record Number: 28556

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte (as Currer Bell) to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 29 March 1848:

'Mr Lewes mentioned in the last note I received from him that he had just finished writing his new novel [...] I shall long to read it, if it were only to get a further insight into the author's character. I read "Ranthorpe" with lively interest — there was much true talent in its pages. Two-thirds of it I thought excellent, the latter part seemed more hastily and sketchily written.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1847 and 29 Mar 1848

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charlotte Brontë

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 Mar 1816

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Henry Lewes

Title:

Ranthorpe

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28556

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

James Wise and John Alexander Symington

Title:

The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

2

Page:

200

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2, p. 200, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28556, accessed: 08 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None