Record Number: 28442

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Emily Bronte's 'diary paper' of 30 July 1841: 'It is Friday evening, near 9 o'clock -- wild rainy weather. I am seated in the dining-room alone [...] Papa is in the parlour -- 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:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

The Rev. Patrick Bronte (reader's widowed brother-in-law).

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Blackwood's Magazine

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28442

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:

I-II

Page:

238

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), I-II, p. 238, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28442, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None