Record Number: 4314
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 4 August 1839, about event following visit of David Pryce, a young Irish curate, to Haworth Parsonage: 'A few days after I got a letter the direction of which puzzled me it being in a hand I was not accustomed to see ... having opened & read it it proved to be a declaration of attachment -- & proposal of Matrimony -- expressed in the ardent language of the sapient young Irishman!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jul 1839 and 4 Aug 1839
Country:England
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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:Church of England
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:letter
Genre:Politics, Unknown, personal correspondence
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:4314
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Editor:Juliet Barker
Title:The Brontes: A Life in Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1997
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Page:68
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters, (London, 1997), p. 68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4314, accessed: 30 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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