Record Number: 28715

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 23 November 1850:

'I am glad to hear that Miss Martineau's little story in the "Leader" touched you and made you cry. I thought it a sample of real suffering; a case piteous, cureless, voiceless. It is to be feared there are many such [...] I used to think human destinies were nearly equal, but the older I grow the weaker becomes my hold on this doctrine'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1850 and 23 Nov 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:

Harriet Martineau

Title:

[Short story]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Leader

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28715

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:

183

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. 183, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28715, accessed: 20 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None