Record Number: 28753
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 30 October 1852:
'I cannot write books handling the topics of the day [...] Nor can I take up a philanthropic
scheme, though I [...] voluntarily and sincerely veil my face before such a mighty subject as
that handled in Mrs Beecher Stowe's work, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." To manage these great
matters rightly they must be long and practically studied [...] they must not be taken up as a
business venture and a trading speculation. I doubt not Mrs Stowe had felt the iron of slavery
enter her heart,from childhood upwards, long before she ever thought of writing books. The
feeling throughout her work is sincere and not got up.'
1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
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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:Uncle Tom's Cabin
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28753
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:2:4
Page:14
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28753, accessed: 07 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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