Evidence: | [Charlotte Brontë to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:] 'I have read 2,500 with pleasure. It is a very clever and ingenious production, Your grandfather must have been an intellectual, clever and accomplished man.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1848 and 1 Jun 1848 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Charlotte Brontë |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 21 Apr 1816 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
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: | Henry James Mercier |
Title: | Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In English translation (from French) by author's grandson. |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 28598 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington | |
Title: | The Brontës: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | 1:2 | |
Page: | 217 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington (ed.), The Brontës: Their Lives, Friendships, and Correspondence (Oxford, 1980), 1:2, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28598, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Copy of text read a gift from translator. |
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