Record Number: 4379

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charlotte Bronte to G. H. Lewes, 18 January 1848: 'I have not read "Azeth", but I did read or begin to read a tale in the "New Monthly" from the same pen, and ... must cordially avow that I thought it both turgid and feeble ...'

Century:

1800-1849

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:

Charlotte Bronte

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Eliza Lynn Linton

Title:

story in New Monthly Magazine

Genre:

Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology, short story

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4379

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:

183

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters, (London, 1997), p. 183, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4379, accessed: 09 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None