Record Number: 4323

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Emily Bronte, diary paper for 30 July 1841 'It is Friday evening -- near 9 o'clock ... Aunt upstairs in her room -- she has been reading "Blackwood's Magazine" to papa ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

30 Jul 1841

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire
specific address: Haworth Parsonage

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:

Elizabeth Branwell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 May 1776

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Patrick Bronte

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Blackwood's Magazine

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology, magazine

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4323

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Juliet Barker

Title:

The Brontes: A Life in Letters

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

95

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters, (London, 1997), p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4323, accessed: 20 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None