Record Number: 28678

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 15 January 1850:

'I have received the "Morning Chronicle." I like Mr Thackeray's letter. As you say, it is manly; it breathes rectitude and independence; now and then the satirist puts in a word, but, on the whole, its tone is as earnest as its style is simple.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1850 and 15 Jan 1850

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:

unknown

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Morning Chronicle

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28678

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:

2:3

Page:

67

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:3, p. 67, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28678, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None