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Record Number: 28665


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 19 November 1849:

'I have read the "Caxtons," I have looked at "Fanny Hervey," I think I will not write what I think of either — should I see you I will speak it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1849 and 19 Nov 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:

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Title:

The Caxtons: A Family Picture

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1849

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28665

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:

39

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. 39, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28665, accessed: 07 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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