Record Number: 28680
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 19 March 1850:
'The books came yesterday evening just as I was wishing for them very much [...] I took up [...] Scott's "Suggestions on Female Education"; that [...] I read, and with unalloyed pleasure. It is very good; justly thought, and clearly and felicitously expressed. The girls of this generation have great advantages; it seems to me that they receive much encouragement in the acquisition of knowledge and the cultivation of their minds; in these days women may be well read, without being universally stigmatised as "Blues" and "Pedants."'
1850-1899
Date:Between 18 Mar 1850 and 19 Mar 1850
Country:England
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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:Suggestions on Female Education
Genre:Education
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1849
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28680
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:88-89
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. 88-89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28680, accessed: 21 March 2025
Additional Comments:
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