Record Number: 28676
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Mrs Smith, 9 January 1850:
'You ask me what I think of [Thackeray's] Christmas Book. I think it is like himself, and all he says and writes; harsh and kindly, wayward and wise, benignant and bitter; its pages are overshadowed with cynicism, and yet they sparkle with feeling. As to his abuse of Rowena and women in general ‐ I will tell you my dear Madam what he deserves ‐ first to be arrested, to be kept in prison for a month, then to be tried by a jury of twelve matrons, and subsequently to undergo any punishment they might think proper to inflict; and I trust they would not spare him [comments further]'.
1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Dec 1849 and 9 Jan 1850
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:n/a
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:Christmas Book
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1849
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28676
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:2:3
Page:65
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28676, accessed: 26 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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