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Record 4395

Reading Experience:

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 ...'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Jan 1850
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Haworth
county: Yorkshire
   
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: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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Charlotte Bronte
Title: Shirley
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4395  
Source - Print  
  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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