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Record 28598

Reading Experience:

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.'

Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1848 and 1 Jun 1848
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

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

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28598  
Source - Print  
  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

Additional comments:

Copy of text read a gift from translator.

 

 

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