Record Number: 28785

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Patrick Bronte to George Smith, his daughter Charlotte's publisher before her death in 1855, 26 March 1860:

'Though writing is to me now something of a task I cannot avoid sending you a few lines to thank you for sending me the magazines, and for your gentlemanly conduct towards my daughter in all your transactions with her [...] All the magazines were good; the last especially attracted my attention and excited my admiration. The "Last Sketch" took full possession of my mind. Mr Thackeray in his remarks in it has excelled even himself [...] If organless spirits see as we see, and feel as we feel, in this material clogging world, my daughter Charlotte's spirit will receive additional happiness on scanning the remarks of her Ancient Favourite.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1860 and 26 Mar 1860

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire

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:

Patrick Brontë

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Mar 1777

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Curate

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Ireland

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:

[Comments accompanying 'The Last Sketch — Emma, a Fragment of a Story by the Late Charlotte Brontë']

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Cornhill Magazine, 1 (April 1860): 485-98

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28785

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:

2:4

Page:

238

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence, (Oxford, 1980), 2:4, p. 238, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28785, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None