Record Number: 28789

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Robinson, author of an early study of Emily Bronte, to Charlotte Bronte's friend Ellen Nussey, 5 April 1882:

'I am an architect's daughter and like the Bronte's [sic] finished my schooling in Brussels. But long before then I had read and re-read their books.'

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

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:

Agnes Mary Frances Robinson

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Feb 1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author, literary scholar, and poet

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:

Anne Brontë

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28789

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:

271

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. 271, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28789, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None