Evidence: | 'I dreaded lest the Prof: should involve anything with M. Heger - I had heard her say it related to her Brussels life, - & I thought if he were again brought before the public, what would he think of me? [Gaskell goes on to say that her fears were not fulfilled] so on that ground there would be no objection to publishing it. I don't think it will add to her reputation, - the interest will arise from its being the work of so remarkable a mind. It is an autobiography of a man the English Professor at a Brussels school, - there are one or two remarkable portraits - the most charming woman she ever drew, and a glimpse of that woman as a mother - very lovely; otherwise little or no story; & disfigured by more coarseness - & profanity in quoting texts of Scripture disagreeably than in any of her other works.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Aug 1856 and 8 Sep 1856 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Manchester specific address: 84 Plymouth Grove |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Sep 1810 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer and clergyman's wife |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Charlotte Bronte |
Title: | Professor, The |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) borrowed from Mr Nicholls |
Record ID: | 19184 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell | |
Editor: | J.A.V. Chapple | |
Title: | Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The | |
Place of Publication: | Manchester | |
Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 409-10 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, J.A.V. Chapple (ed.), Letters of Mrs Gaskell, The (Manchester, 1997), p. 409-10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19184, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Additional editor Arthur Pollard. Letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Emily Shaen |
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