Record Number: 4368
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'Currer Bell [ie Charlotte Bronte]'s book [The Professor] found acceptance nowhere ... he tried one publishing house more -- Messrs Smith and Elder. Ere long ...there came a letter ... he took out of the envelope a letter of two pages. He read it trembling. It declined ... to publish that tale ... but it discussed its merits and demerits so courteously, so considerately ... that this very refusal cheered the author better than a vulgarly-expressed acceptance could have done.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jun 1847 and 31 Aug 1847
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 from Smith, Elder & Co., publishers
Genre:Unknown, private business correspondence
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:4368
Source:n/a
Editor:Juliet Barker
Title:The Brontes: A Life in Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:164-65
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters, (London, 1997), p. 164-65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4368, accessed: 23 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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