Record Number: 28630
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 1 February 1849:
'There are two volumes in the first parcel [sent on loan by Williams] which, having seen, I cannot bring myself to part with, and must beg Mr Smith [Williams's publishing partner] to retain: Mr Thackeray's "Journey from Cornhill, etc.", and "The Testimony to the Truth." That last is indeed a book after my own heart. I do like the mind it discloses — it is of a fine and high order. Alexander may be a clown by birth, but he is a nobleman by nature. When I could read no other book [following death of her sister Emily in December 1848], I read his and derived comfort from it. No matter whether or not I can agree in all his views, it is the principles, the feelings, the heart of the man I admire.'
1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Nov 1848 and 1 Feb 1849
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire
(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:Writer
Religion:Church of England
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 Converted Atheist's Testimony to the Truth of Christianity
Genre:Other religious, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:28630
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:1:2
Page:306
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28630, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Title of text supplied by source eds.; see p.306 n.1 in source.