Record Number: 28624

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 7 December 1848:

'I have not yet read the second number of "Pendennis." The first I thought rich in indication of ease, resource, promise; but it is not Thackeray's way to develop his full power all at once. "Vanity Fair" began very quietly [...] but the stream as it rolled gathered a resistless volume and force. Such, I doubt not, will be the case with "Pendennis."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1848 and 7 Dec 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 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Title:

Pendennis (first instalment)

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28624

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:

1:2

Page:

291

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 291, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28624, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None