Evidence: | Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, 28 January 1850: 'Mr Nicholls has finished reading "Shirley" he is delighted with it -- John Brown's wife seriously thought he had gone wrong in the head as she heard him giving vent to roars of laughter as he sat alone -- clapping his hands and stamping on the floor. He would read all the scenes about the curates aloud to papa ...' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Jan 1850 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Haworth county: Yorkshire |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Arthur Bell Nicholls |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1819 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Curate |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Patrick Bronte |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Charlotte Bronte |
Title: | Shirley |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4395 | |
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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: | 263 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Juliet Barker (ed.), The Brontes: A Life in Letters (London, 1997), p. 263, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4395, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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