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Record Number: 28654


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 13 September 1849:

'Reading has, of late, been my great solace and recreation [in year following the deaths of her brother and two sisters]. I have read J. C. Hare's "Guesses at Truth," a book containing things that in depth and far-sought wisdom sometimes recall the "Thoughts" of Pascal, only it is as the light of the moon recalls that of the sun.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1849 and 13 Sep 1849

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Julius Hare and Augustus Hare

Title:

Guesses at Truth

Genre:

Other religious, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published anonymously in 1827.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28654

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:

2:1

Page:

20

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence, (Oxford , 1980), 2:1, p. 20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28654, accessed: 15 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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