Record Number: 28740

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, December 1851:

'You ask me about the "Lily and the Bee." If you have read it dear Ellen, you have effected an exploit beyond me. I glanced at a few pages and laid it down hopeless, nor can I find courage to resume it. But then I never liked Warren's writings.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1851 and 31 Dec 1851

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:

Samuel Warren

Title:

The Lily and the Bee; an apologue of the Crystal Palace of 1851

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Crafts, Arts / architecture, Technology, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1851

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28740

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:

299

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. 299, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28740, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None